Susan Banks is a staff attorney at Cohen Milstein and a member of the Antitrust practice. In this role, she assists in discovery and evidentiary-related aspects of litigation and deposition preparation.
Susan brings to bear extensive discovery experience, having worked as a discovery attorney with several renowned defense firms prior to joining Cohen Milstein. Susan was also the Founder and Director of The Socratic School of Language in Washington, D.C. where she created and administered a multilingual language curriculum and innovative afterschool programming in partnership with public, private, and charter school networks.
- District of Columbia
- Ashworth College, A.A.S., Early Childhood Education, 2013
- University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, J.D., 2000
- University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, 2001
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1996
Current Cases
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al.
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al. (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein serves as Co-Lead Counsel in this putative wage and hour suppression class action against the nation’s largest chicken and turkey producers conspired to suppress their compensation. As of July 20, 2021, the Court has preliminarily approved $195.25 million in settlements with four defendants. Litigation continues against other defendants.
Past Cases
In re Wells Fargo & Company Securities Litigation
In re Wells Fargo & Company Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein, as Co-Lead Counsel, represented Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi and the Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island in this securities fraud class action. Plaintiffs alleged that Wells Fargo and certain former executives misrepresented its compliance with a series of 2018 consent orders with the CFPB, OCC, and the Federal Reserve arising from the Bank's widespread consumer fraud banking scandal. On September 8, 2023, the Court granted final approval of a historic $1 billion settlement, which is the largest securities class action settlement in 2023, the sixth largest in the last decade, the ninth largest ever in the Second Circuit, and the 17th largest ever. It is also the largest settlement ever without a restatement or related actions by the Securities Exchange Commission or U.S. Department of Justice.