Susan Fahringer

Practice Areas

Litigation

Class Action Defense

Privacy & Security Law

Trade Secrets

IP Enforcement Programs

Biometric Law

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)

Trademark, Copyright, Internet & Advertising

California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

Privacy Class Action Defense

Retail & Consumer Products

Interactive Entertainment

Internet of Things (IoT)

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Robotics

Immersive Technology

Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports

Career

Susan Fahringer litigates complex, cutting-edge cases with a focus on consumer privacy and related issues, including claims centering on consumer data, biometrics and artificial intelligence. Susan has extensive experience in the defense of privacy class actions, and has served as lead counsel defending against class action claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, the federal Stored Communications Act, unfair competition laws, and other privacy and commercial claims. She is well versed in matters involving artificial intelligence, cloud computing, computer software and hardware, and the internet. Susan also has extensive experience representing companies, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in complex business litigation, including in connection with significant contract and business tort claims.

Susan represents clients at all stages of development, from emerging companies to Fortune 10 companies, across a broad array of industry sectors. Her 30 years of litigation experience inform her approach to litigation, which is strategic, pragmatic, and centers on her clients’ business needs. Susan also draws on that experience to advise clients that are faced with significant legal and business challenges on how to reduce business and litigation risks, particularly in connection with consumer privacy and related claims.

Susan co-leads the Firm’s Biometric Law and Privacy Class Action Defense groups, and she has served on the firm’s Management and Executive Committees and as co-chair of the firm's Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robotics practice and its Intellectual Property Litigation group.