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Susan K. Alexander graduated with honors from Stanford University in 1983 and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1986. Ms. Alexander joined the Appellate Practice Group at the Firm in 2000, focusing on federal and state appeals of securities fraud class actions. Ms. Alexander has argued on behalf of defrauded investors in the Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits. Representative results include Pirraglia v. Novell, Inc., 339 F.3d 1182 (10th Cir. 2003) (reversal of district court dismissal of securities fraud complaint), and Barrie v. Intervoice-Brite, Inc., 397 F.3d 249 (5th Cir. 2005) (reversal of district court dismissal of securities fraud complaint). Ms. Alexander’s prior appellate work was with the California Appellate Project ("CAP"), where she prepared appeals and petitions for writs of habeas corpus on behalf of individuals sentenced to death, as well as supervising private attorneys in their preparation of appeals and habeas corpus petitions. At CAP, and subsequently in private practice, Ms. Alexander litigated and consulted on death penalty direct and collateral appeals for 10 years. Representative results include In re Brown, 17 Cal. 4th 873 (1998) (reversal of first degree murder conviction, special circumstance finding, and death penalty), and Odle v. Woodford, 238 F.3d 1084 (9th Cir. 2001) (remand of death penalty conviction for retrospective competency hearing). Ms. Alexander was previously associated with Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, where she litigated professional malpractice and product liability cases on behalf of attorneys, doctors, and automobile manufacturers, including defense verdicts in two jury trials. Ms. Alexander is a member of the Bars of the State of California, the United States Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, and the U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California. Ms. Alexander is also a member of the Federal Bar Association, Appellate Division and the Appellate Practice Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Ms. Alexander is married with three teenage children. | 