Susie Cowen, JD

Legal Team

Susie Cowen is a member of NCVLI’s legal team. In this role, she provides legal technical assistance to attorneys, advocates, and other allied professionals on topics related to victims’ rights. Susie also drafts amicus curiae briefs and creates training materials and other educational resources about victim law. Susie worked as a staff attorney at NCVLI from 2008 to 2010 and as a research and litigation consultant from 2010 to 2012 and, more recently, from 2018 to 2023. Prior to joining NCVLI, Susie was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where she practiced general commercial litigation and represented pro bono clients in matters involving employment discrimination, housing, voting rights, and medical privacy. Susie has also worked on civil matters in other positions, including as a volunteer attorney focused on poverty law issues at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law in Chicago. Susie received her BA in English Literature from Columbia University and her JD from the University of Chicago. Susie rejoined NCVLI as a staff member in June 2023.

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