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Susan Abbott

+1 617 570 1787 [email protected]

Position

Partner 

Career

Sue Abbott, a partner in Goodwin’s Trusts & Estate Planning practice, is the chair of the firm’s Exempt Organization group, and former chair of the firm’s Higher Education practice. She focuses her practice on tax-exempt organizations, probate and trust law, and estate planning, with a particular emphasis on charitable planning. She advises tax-exempt organizations on issues related to their formation, operations and planned giving programs.

Education

JD, 1994, Duke University School of Law (magna cum laude) / MA, 1994, Duke University / BA, 1990, Williams College (cum laude with honors in history)

 

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Industry focus > Cannabis
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
• Finance > Fintech
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• International trade and national security > CFIUS
• Finance > Commercial lending
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
• International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
• Healthcare > Service providers
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Real estate > Real estate finance
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Finance > Financial services regulation