Susan Baker Manning is a litigator who focuses her practice on intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright cases.

Susan appears regularly before both federal district courts and courts of appeal, as well as government agencies such as the International Trade Commission. She has handled complex patent and other intellectual property litigation in the software, Internet, hardware, pharmaceutical and architecture industries. Susan has broad experience in all phases of litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.

In addition to representing name-brand technology companies, Susan devotes a portion of her practice to assisting those in need. Her pro bono victories include successful representation of a domestic violence shelter, numerous civil rights cases, and asylum matters on behalf of those fleeing violence and oppression. In a case that has drawn international attention, Susan has been active since 2005 in the firm’s work at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.