by Susan Pai, Esq.

Susan Pai, Esq., is the principal attorney at The Law Office of Susan Pai, PLLC. After attending the University of Southern California, University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Louisville and Nagoya University in Japan, Ms. Pai began her career as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the State of Washington. She went on to become a Public Defender where she conducted major criminal matters such as second strike life without parole cases. Later, she was recruited by former Presidential Candidate, Patricia Schroeder (D, Colorado) to become the Director of International Copyright Enforcement for the Association of American Publishers. In this capacity, she oversaw and conducted what is still believed to be the largest criminal raid in global publishing history on behalf of American and European book publishers. Attorney Pai went on to become one of the youngest corporate General Counsels in the United States, working with such DC notables as: (I) former U.S. Customs Commissioner, the Honorable Carol Hallet; (ii) former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and Administrator of the GSA, Ambassador Gerald Carmen; and (iii) former Assistant Director of Operations for the CIA, Max Hugel. Attorney Pai also served as Senior Investigations Manager of Microsoft’s special investigations unit, the Financial Integrity Unit, and is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Attorney Pai is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Attorney Pai also serves on the Legal Panel for the Northeast Chapter of the Florida ACLU.