Professional Biography
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Susan E. Foster Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.8846

    F +1.206.359.9000

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.8846

    SFoster@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Susan Foster, a partner in the firm's Litigation practice, focuses her practice on antitrust and trade regulation counseling and litigation as well as intellectual property, advertising and other complex business and financial litigation.  In her counseling practice Susan assists clients with a full range of antitrust and marketing issues including distribution counseling, advertising and promotion issues, strategic alliances and Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification matters. Her clients encompass businesses from a range of high-technology and other industries, including aerospace and computer software.

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Ranked by Chambers USA and Best Lawyers

Named "Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America, 2023
Ranked by Chambers USA for Antitrust Two Years in a Row 

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Chambers USA as "America's Leading Lawyers" in Antitrust, 2022 – 2023
  • Named Best Lawyers’ Seattle "Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year," 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2018 – 2024; Trade Secrets, 2023 – 2024
  • Listed in Marquis Who's Who in American LawWho's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Women
  • King County Bar Volunteer of the Month, September 2002

Professional Leadership

  • Perkins Coie Audit Committee, Chair, January 2004 – 2008
  • Perkins Coie Executive Committee, Member, 2005 – 2008
  • Hate Free Zone, Advisory Board, 2002 – 2003
  • Washington State Bar Association; Consumer Protection, Antitrust and Unfair Business Practice Section, Executive Committee, 1994 – 2003, Chair, 2000 – 2001
  • Pacific Northwest Ballet, Board of Trustees, 1997 – 2002
  • American Bar Association; Antitrust Section; Litigation Section - Business Torts Co-Chair Pacific Northwest Division, 1996 – 2001
  • Corporate Council for the Arts, Associates Program, 1993 – 1996

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  • Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Education

  • Seattle University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988, Lead Articles Editor, Puget Sound Law Review, 1987 - 1988
  • Pacific Lutheran University, B.A., Legal Studies, 1984