Overview
Susan Hannigan Cohen focuses on litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court.
Representing Delaware corporations and alternative entities and their officers, directors, and managers, Sue handles disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate control, fiduciary duties, and statutory and contractual issues.
She is particularly experienced in stockholder derivative and class actions, as well as in representing committees of boards of directors formed to perform internal investigations.
PRACTICES
Clerkships
- The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., United States District Court for the District of Delaware, 2009-2010
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2009
Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal
Order of the Coif - Loyola College in Maryland, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004
Education
Publications
Conclusive Presumption of Good Faith in MLP Agreements
Delaware Business Court Insider | July 3, 2013
The Delaware Supreme Court provided helpful guidance on the operation of the conclusive presumption of good faith in master limited partnership agreements in three recent decisions: Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy, Norton v. K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P., and Gerber v. Enterprise Products Holdings LLC.
Recognition
- The Legal 500, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2025, 2024
- Benchmark Litigation, 2025, 2021
- Super Lawyers, 2019, 2018, 2017
Bar Admissions
- Delaware, 2009
- District of Delaware, 2010
