Ms. Susan Marie Clare

Susan Clare is a partner in King & Spalding's Trial and Global Disputes Practice.  Susan represents clients in the automotive/transportation, life sciences, consumer products, and financial services industries in high-exposure class action, mass tort, and other complex litigation. 

She is skilled at handling the types of issues that frequently accompany the highest-exposure matters, such as cases involving recalled products, data breaches, media attention, government investigations, allegations of consumer fraud, whistleblowers, jurisdictional challenges, insurance disputes, and extensive expert discovery.

In addition to litigation, Susan frequently advises clients on risk assessment and mitigation strategies, product labeling, consumer communications, and product recalls. Susan has also achieved numerous appellate victories for her clients and regularly counsels clients on e-discovery issues that include litigation preparedness, discovery strategy in mass litigation, and defending against allegations of evidence spoliation.

Susan has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in automotive and transportation litigation by The Legal 500, a Rising Star for Transportation by Law 360, a Georgia Rising Star by Super Lawyers, and was named to Benchmark Litigation's 40 & Under Hot List. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Innocence Project and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. 

Susan earned her J.D., with high honors, from Emory University and her B.S., with highest honor, from Georgia Tech.