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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10112-4498
NEW YORK
United States
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Suzanne Hengl
Work Department
Intellectual Property / Branding, Advertising & Copyright
Position
Partner
Section Chair – Branding, Advertising & Copyright (Firmwide)
Career
Suzi is a hands-on trademark practitioner who partners with clients to secure, protect, promote, and defend their brands from creation through litigation. Her practice focuses on trademark, advertising and copyright litigation, prosecution, and counseling, and also encompasses diligence investigations, drafting and negotiation of IP and marketing agreements, advertising claims review, and counseling concerning promotions. Suzi represents clients in trademark, copyright and advertising litigation in federal courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the National Advertising Division.
Suzi has represented clients in a number of different industries including computer and consumer electronics, retail, apparel, telecommunications, energy, financial services, entertainment, food and beverage, leisure and hospitality, food packaging, facilities management and architectural products.
Suzi is committed to her clients and to the community in which she works and lives. She is the Chair of the New York office’s Pro Bono Committee and sits on the Steering Committee for the firms’ strategic collaboration with Official Black Wall Street (OBWS), an organization with a membership of more than 5,500 Black-owned businesses globally.
Memberships
New York State Bar
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Trademark Committee, Former Member
International Trademark Association, Member
New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
Education
J.D., Fordham University School of Law 2006
magna cum laude
Member, Fordham Law Review
Order of the Coif
Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award
B.A., English, University of Virginia 2000
with honors
Phi Beta Kappa
Golden Key National Honor Society
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Praised for its ‘fast, to the point and comprehensive’ trademark practice, Baker Botts L.L.P. demonstrates considerable proficiencies in a diverse spectrum of sectors, ranging from electronics and financial services to entertainment and music. Leading the practice from the firm’s Dallas office is Paul Reilly is routinely entrusted by clients to assist with trademark clearance, domestic and international scale rebranding and global prosecution mandates, while Suzanne Hengl, who strengthens the practice with her expertise in prosecution, brand protection and enforcement, leads the team from New York. In Austin, Christopher Palermo is notably well-versed in handling mandates relating to various technologies, including AI, e-procurement, networking and robotics. In New York, Julie Albert fields a considerable workload across technology, media, entertainment, fashion, consumer products and beverage sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)