Susanna Fischer

Susanna Frederick Fischer has practiced law on both sides of the Atlantic, as a New York attorney and an English barrister. Her primary areas of practice and her main research interests are intellectual property law, media law and cyberlaw, from a comparative law perspective.

Professor Fischer received her legal education at Merton College, Oxford University, where she received a B.A. in jurisprudence in 1987, and the University of Virginia, where she received a LL.M. in 1995. She also studied at Princeton University, where she was awarded a B.A. in history, magna cum laude, in 1983.

She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in November, 1988. From 1988 to 1989, she was a pupil barrister at two London sets of barristers' chambers and also worked as a law lecturer at London Guildhall University. In 1989 she joined the Chambers of Patrick Milmo QC, 5 Raymond Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, and practiced there until 1994. As a barrister, she represented clients before all levels of English courts and tribunals, including the House of Lords. From 1989 to 1994, she also worked as a legal adviser for News International plc. in London. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1996. She spent the next three years practicing intellectual property law at two New York City law firms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. Professor Fischer joined the faculty of Columbus School of Law in August, 1999, where she teaches civil procedure, comparative law, copyright, and cyberlaw.