Susanna Rychlak Allen

A versatile commercial litigator with experience in multiple highly scrutinized sectors, Susanna is known for her strategic judgment and ability to lead teams through fast-moving, high-pressure matters.

Susanna’s courtroom experience includes trials in state and federal courts, and she handles every stage of litigation, from pleadings through verdict. She has represented energy companies in high-stakes business disputes, technology clients in antitrust matters, and litigation trusts in bankruptcy-adjacent proceedings. Susanna also regularly collaborates with co-counsel and serves as trusted local counsel for clients with complex matters in Texas state and federal courts.

Susanna’s leadership extends beyond the courtroom. As a member of Yetter Coleman’s recruitment committee, she is deeply invested in identifying and mentoring the next generation of trial lawyers. She is also passionate about her volunteer work with Girls on the Run, which empowers elementary-age girls with a combination of athletic training and life skills development.

A native of Oxford, Mississippi, Susanna received her J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review. After law school, she clerked for Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Julia Smith Gibbons in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced with Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. Upon moving to Texas, Susanna earned the highest score on the July 2021 Texas bar exam.

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Representative Experience

• Represented bankruptcy litigation trust against the debtor’s former CEO for fiduciary breaches involving a scheme to enrich himself by secretly advancing his preferred bidder to obtain a lucrative personal investment. Achieved an early victory when the case was remanded to state court, then defeated serial dispositive motions and secured a favorable settlement before trial.
• Won a monopoly abuse jury verdict in the Southern District of New York for a former airline in the first post-Amex two-sided market jury trial in the U.S. (US Airways v. Sabre).
• Authored a Fifth Circuit amicus brief on behalf of the National Retail Federation, North American Home Furnishings Association, and a collection of small business furniture retailers in support of a challenge to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Final Rule. Industry efforts resulted in the CPSC changing its rule (American Home Furnishings Alliance et al. v. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission).
• Represented a coalition of religious groups in support of the petitioners’ successful First Amendment argument and filed an amicus brief cited in a U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion (Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru).