Suhr, Rachel

Rachel Rose Suhr

Associate

rachel.suhr@lw.com
    Suhr, Rachel

    Rachel Rose Suhr

    Associate

    rachel.suhr@lw.com

    Profile

    Rachel Rose Suhr is an associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins.

    Ms. Suhr rejoined the firm after a two-year clerkship with Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She represents clients in complex commercial litigation, white collar, securities, and pro bono matters. 

    Experience

    Ms. Suhr’s experience includes:

    • Representing a major technology company in a consumer class action arising out of a criminal attack on the company’s web platform
    • Representing an online gaming platform in a putative securities class action claiming that it misrepresented platform capabilities, international expansion prospects, and revenue submetrics (N.D. Cal.)
    • Representing a major international search platform and photo-editing app developer in a putative class action regarding alleged privacy violations. (N.D. Cal.)
    • Defending a physician criminally charged with violating the Anti-Kickback Statute (C.D. Cal.)
    • Negotiating the elimination of bail bond debt under California and federal consumer protection laws on behalf of a pro bono client

    During law school, Ms. Suhr:

    • Briefed a reply in support of a successful petition to vacate a 25-year-to-life sentence as a participant in Stanford Law School’s Three Strikes Project
    • Co-drafted a petition for certiorari, an opening merits brief, and a reply brief in the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
    • Drafted and argued pretrial motions in Santa Clara County Superior Court as a student in the law school’s Criminal Prosecution Clinic, for which she was awarded the Thelton E. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Performance
    • Worked as a summer law clerk for the Trial Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia

    Ms. Suhr graduated from Stanford Law School in 2018 with High Pro Bono Distinction.

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, Stanford Law School, 2018
    • BA in History & English, University of California, Los Angeles, 2014

    Practices

    Recognition

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    January 10, 2023Recognition

    Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Latham recognized for representing a defendant in an alleged Medicare-related kickback scheme involving a clinical research program testing for opioid addiction risk which concluded with prosecution dropping all charges.

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    July 12, 2022 Our Work

    Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Latham honored for securing a motion to dismiss a securities class action against client Skillz Inc., a mobile gaming technology platform that went public in December 2020 via a deSPAC deal with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp.