Background
Schenkel-Savitt, Susan was born on August 21, 1943 in New York, New York, United States.
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Susan Schenkel-Savitt
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Pennsylvania State University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1964). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1968).
Career
Worked at Winston & Strawn (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Asset Securitization, Corporate and Securities, Financial Transactions, Litigation, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Workouts and Financial Restructuring, Commercial Lending, Real Estate, Tax, Energy, Employment and Labor Relations, Employee Benefits, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, Financial Institutions Regulatory, Health Law, Government Contracts, Immigration, International Trade, Lease Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Federal Governmental Relations and Regulatory Affairs, Transportation, Telecommunications and Media, Maritime Law, Trusts and Estates and White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1968, New York. 1973, United States. Tax Court and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 1980, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1996, United States. District Court, Western District of New York. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Alpha Kappa Delta. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Yonkers, New York, 1977-1978.
Adjunct Faculty, Elizabeth Seton College, Business Law Department, 1982-1983. Member, 1984-1993, Vice-President, 1987-1989, President, 1989-1992, Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education, 1989-1993. Representative, Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association, 1991-1993.
Member: New York State (Member, Sections on: Labor Law. International Law; Federal Litigation. Committee on Women and the Law) and American (Member, International Law Section) Bar Associations.
New York Womens' Bar Association. Management Attorneys' Conference. Federal Bar Council. (New York, N.Y. Office).
Winston & Strawn, founded in 1853, is one of the nation's oldest and largest law firms. With nearly 525 attorneys in offices in Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, Geneva, Switzerland and Paris, France, the firm provides a full range of legal services to clients throughout the United States and abroad, including Fortune 500 companies, major commercial and financial institutions, governments and governmental entities, as well as small and midsize companies, individuals and entrepreneurs from virtually every industry.
Membership
Member, 1984-1993, Vice-President, 1987-1989, President, 1989-1992, Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education, 1989-1993. Representative, Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association, 1991-1993. Member: New York State (Member, Sections on: Labor Law.
International Law; Federal Litigation. Committee on Women and the Law) and American (Member, International Law Section) Bar Associations. New York Womens' Bar Association.
Management Attorneys' Conference. Federal Bar Council. (New York, N.Y. Office).
