Sushila Chanana
Associate

Practice Areas

Experience

Sushila Chanana is a member of Nixon Peabody LLP’s Intellectual Property Department. Ms. Chanana has represented companies in a variety of matters, ranging from IP disputes, antitrust matters, legal malpractice suits, and other commercial contract disputes. Her experience includes federal and state court litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Ms. Chanana’s practice encompasses all phases of litigation including e-discovery, law and motion, trial, mediation and settlement negotiation, and appeals.

Ms. Chanana was previously a judicial extern to the Honorable Ronald Robie, of the California Court of Appeals, Third District, and the Honorable David Krashna, of the Alameda County Superior Court.

Prior to practicing law, Sushila worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a risk assessment consultant and for Shell Oil Company as a student engineer.

Languages

Hindi
Punjabi
Spanish

Admissions

Ms. Chanana is admitted to practice in California, before the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court, Northern District of California.

Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D.
University of California, Berkeley, B.A.

Affiliations

American Bar Association
San Francisco Bar Association