Susan Saltzstein is co-head of Skadden’s Complex Litigation and Trials Group in New York and co-deputy of the firm’s top-ranked nationwide Securities Litigation Group. Susan’s litigation practice focuses on the representation of U.S. and global companies (public and private), financial institutions, boards of directors, and individual clients in complex litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts. Her litigation experience is broad-based in scope and includes securities, corporate, contract, and complex commercial litigation and investigations. Her clients span a wide spectrum of companies in both burgeoning and established industries in the U.S. and abroad. Susan is known as a trusted adviser to clients and regularly counsels on sensitive issues outside of the courtroom.
In recognition of her work, Susan has been honored by numerous leading industry outlets, including Chambers USA as one of the first of two women securities litigators ever to be ranked in its prestigious Band 1; Lawdragon as one of its 500 Leading Global Litigators, 500 Leading Litigators in America and 500 Leading Lawyers in America, as well as a Legend of Law; Law360 as a Securities MVP; Securities Law360 as one of its Outstanding Women Lawyers; Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star and one of its Top 250 Women in Litigation; and The Best Lawyers in America.
Recently, Susan was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Federal Judiciary, the committee responsible for rating all prospective judicial nominees, including Supreme Court justices, to the federal bench. Susan serves on the Advisory Committee of the Women in Securities Litigation Network and as co-chair of the Cambridge Forum on Securities Litigation, an invitation-only group comprised of defense attorneys at the top of their field. She previously served on the Attorneys’ Advisory Committee of the Southern District of New York. Susan currently serves on the board of the Central Synagogue in New York and as a member of Columbia Law School’s Board of Visitors.
Susan has served on Skadden’s Policy Committee, the firm’s governing body, Compensation Committee, and other firmwide committees.
Susan completed her J.D. at Columbia University Law School and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her B.A. degree.
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