Susan E. Hurd

For over 20 years, Susan has represented public companies and their officers and directors in a variety of litigation matters, including securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits and merger related litigation. She also routinely advises clients on electronic discovery best practices. She is a frequent speaker and author on the latest trends in securities litigation and class action practices and strategies in general. Susan is also the editor of the firm’s Annual Report on Securities Litigation.

Susan received her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where she was the Baker-Worthington Scholarship recipient, on the Dean’s List, a member of the Moot Court Board, student articles editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review, and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

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Areas of Practice 1) Litigation, 2) Commercial, 3) Securities Litigation, 4) Class Action and 5) Corporate & Business Transactions
Law School Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D.,1992
Admitted Year 1992
Education Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1989
Bar Member / Association Georgia State Bar Association
Most recent firm Alston & Bird LLP
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