We are Su Legal Group.
It was Silicon Valley 2002. The tech market crashed, and I had left the international law firm I worked for. A former client called me. He asked me if I could advise his company. I referred him back to the law firm. It was the client who then educated me…
He replied that the firm is not his lawyer, I am. I advised his company since its angel round of financing and was familiar with both its business and product strategies. He needed a pragmatic lawyer he can trust to review commercial contracts at a reasonable rate.
At a time when starting a new business seemed risky, Su Legal Group was launched to address the gaps in the legal services that the market demanded and still demands.
Like you, we are entrepreneurs in the practice of law.
By keeping our overhead to a minimum through eliminating the use of an office, staff, and junior lawyers, we provide partner level legal services to you at a fraction of the cost of traditional law firms. This cost efficiently allows us to work closer with your company.
Our expertise ranges from general commercial contracts to technology licensing to privacy law. Generally, these are the types of services an in-house counsel will provide. We are essentially an "external" in-house counsel for our clients.
We have represented our clients on a single commercial contract to multiple technology transactions. The deal amounts range from thousands to millions of dollars across multiple continents. Our clients range from start ups to public companies. Some of the companies Jessica has represented are Meta, Salesforce, eBay, Verizon, and Accenture and a long list of private start ups.
We act as the GC for some clients and support other clients’ legal departments. We understand the needs of nimble startups to multinational public companies.
With our broad expertise, we customize our legal services to fit your legal needs.
Our
People
Jessica L. Su is an international attorney with over 30 years of legal experience, both in law firms and in house. Her expertise includes general commercial law, emerging growth/venture capital, technology transactions, product counseling, privacy law, to compliance.
Born in Taiwan, Jessica was educated in the U.S. She earned her Bachelor's Degree with Highest Honors from University of Texas at Austin in 1991 (Phi Beta Kappa) and her Juris Doctorate from The University of Texas School of Law in 1994. She is admitted to practice in both California and Texas.
Jessica began her legal career with blue chip international law firm Coudert Brothers LLP (with 50 offices and 800+ lawyers world-wide). Hired by the New York office, Jessica worked at the Coudert's Hong Kong office, where she represented multinational companies like General Motors and Disney in Asia and China-related commercial matters. She then repatriated with Coudert to its Palo Alto, California office and joined its Technology Practice, where she continued to represent both private and public companies in high-tech and traditional industries.
Since 2002, Jessica has been counsel for both private and public companies ranging from 1 million to 1 billion in revenues. She has worked in house at both startups and big tech companies in Silicon Valley.
Merging her premier law firm training with her practical in house experience, Jessica understands the legal needs of a company. Her multicultural background also helps her understand and negotiate the cultural differences that may break a deal.
Jessica is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese and is proficient in Spanish. She is also familiar with Russian.