Associate

Susan J. Stauss is an attorney in the firm's Insurance Practice Group. Some of the highlights of Susan's practice are the following:

Life Insurance Litigation. Susan litigates and counsels clients on issues such as life insurance coverage disputes involving fraud, misrepresentations, overseas fraudulent deaths, unfair trade practices, civil RICO, bad faith, and regulatory and sales practice protocols.  Susan also counsels life insurers in connection with the often unrecognized exposure created by the secondary life insurance market, including viatical and life settlements.

Structured Settlement Litigation. Susan represents several major insurance and annuity companies in cases involving the attempted transfer of structured settlement payment rights. Her experience includes the successful representation of major insurance and annuity companies in the opposition of the transfer of structured settlement payment rights throughout the United States. She has successfully argued these matters before federal and state courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Other Litigation. Prior to joining Drinker Biddle, Susan handled various litigation matters, including complex medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, mass tort, and general negligence actions.

Susan is currently a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.