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Susan Meyer

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smeyer@ubglaw.com
Chicago – 312.658.6619
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Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.

    Education

    • Stony Brook University (B.A., 1986)
    • Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1994)

    Bar Admissions

    • Illinois
    • Florida
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
    • U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
    • Federal Trial Bar, Northern District of Illinois

    Professional Affiliations

    • American Bar Association
    • Illinois Bar Association
    • Chicago Bar Association
    • ISBA Standing Committee on Franchise & Distribution Law
    • International Trademark Association (INTA)
    • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
    • Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP)
    • Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global (WEGG) (Board Member and Specialist)
    • Norwegian-American Defense and Homeland Security Industry Council (NADIC) (Corporate Member, Board Member)
    • Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce (now NorCham Chicago), Chicago Chapter (National Board Member, Chapter President, 2014-2017; Corporate Member)
    • Select USA Investment Summit on international trade opportunities (Member of the Norwegian delegation)
    • Swedish American Chamber of Commerce (SACC)
    • INTA Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Judge

    Community Involvement

    • Friends of Astrup Fearnley Museet, a U.S. organization formed to support the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, Norway (President)

    Awards & Honors

    • Named to Illinois Super Lawyers list, Intellectual Property (2026)
    • Named to The Best Lawyers in America®, Franchise Law (2019-2027)
    • Named 2024 Corporate Woman of Achievement by NAWBO Chicago (2024)
    • Leading Creative Arts Lawyers by Leader Lawyers for Chicago (2023)
    • Leading Women Lawyers by Leading Lawyers (2023)
    • Leading Chicago Metro Women Lawyers 2023 by Leading Lawyers (2023)
    • Who's Who Legal: Franchise (2017-2022); USA Thought Leader (2023)
    • Illinois Leading Lawyers (2020-2022)
    • Top Suburban Business Lawyers (2020)
    • Crain's Notable Women in Law (2020)

Susan Meyer

Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.

Susan Meyer

Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.

Susan Meyer

Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.

Susan Meyer

Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.

Susan Meyer

Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.

Susan Meyer

Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.

Susan Meyer

Susan helps publicly held and privately owned companies and individuals plan for success and navigate complex legal challenges. She helps international clients launch businesses in the United States and assists U.S.-based with their international expansion. She provides practical business-driven solutions to matters involving intellectual property, growth, distribution, and legal compliance with the goal of helping clients thrive.

Susan handles a variety of intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, branding, artificial intelligence (AI), design, patent management, and emerging technologies. Susan helps clients obtain, manage, enforce, and leverage IP to the owner’s best advantage, including by monetizing IP via licenses or other means.

When necessary, Susan counsels and represents clients in dispute resolution spanning negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation up to and through trial, and if necessary, appeal.

APPOINTMENTS

Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul

Susan was appointed in 2019 as Norway's Honorary Consul for Illinois. In 2023, she accepted expanding the territory to include Wisconsin. In this role, she assists with consular affairs and helps to facilitate the development of business, cultural, and educational relations between Norway and the U.S.