About the Law Offices of Suzanne E. Rogers
Experienced Business Lawyer.
Experienced Business Lawyer.
Focused On What Matters.
OUR STORY
A Legacy
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Legal Experience
Established in 1993, the Law Offices of Suzanne E. Rogers began with a focus on representing small and mid-sized businesses, including financial institutions. With 30+ years in practice, Suzanne has built a legal career spanning business transactions, financial institution law, intellectual property, and media law.
Before establishing her firm, Suzanne served as a Staff Attorney and Senior Attorney with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, handling banking law, regulatory matters, enforcement actions, and related legal issues. Her career later expanded to include broader business transactional work, intellectual property law, and media law, supported by an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law earned with honors in 2017.
Suzanne also owned and operated commercial radio and television stations for nearly two decades, gaining firsthand experience in broadcasting, regulatory compliance, and day-to-day media operations. This background informs the firm's work across business, financial institution, intellectual property, and media matters.
Today, the firm brings together 70+ years of legal experience, grounded in practical knowledge and a commitment to helping clients navigate complex legal matters.
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OUR PURPOSE
Clear in Our Purpose.
Clear in Our Purpose.
Focused on Our Clients.
The Law Offices of Suzanne E. Rogers is committed to providing thorough, creative, and practical legal counsel that helps clients address their needs and achieve their business objectives. We consider the legal issues involved alongside each client's circumstances to provide thoughtful guidance across business, intellectual property, and media matters.
Our Mission
To provide thorough, creative, and practical legal counsel that addresses clients' needs, supports their operational goals, and helps them navigate complex legal matters with greater clarity. Whether advising as a business law attorney or providing guidance on intellectual property and media matters, our focus is on understanding each client's circumstances and helping them make informed decisions.
Our Vision
To be a trusted legal partner recognized for experience, practical judgment, and thoughtful counsel across business, financial institution, intellectual property, and media law. We aim to help clients navigate changing legal needs with clarity while remaining grounded in the experience and principles that have shaped the firm.
OUR VALUES
The Principles
The Principles
Behind Our Practice
Our values reflect our commitment to thorough, creative, and practical legal counsel. Whether providing guidance as a business lawyer or advising on intellectual property and media matters, we emphasize careful judgment, professional integrity, and an understanding of the legal and commercial considerations affecting our clients.
Integrity
We approach legal matters with honesty, professionalism, and respect for our responsibilities to our clients.
Excellence
We bring legal knowledge, careful analysis, and attention to detail to the matters we handle.
Client Focus
We consider each client's circumstances, needs, and objectives when providing legal guidance.
Clarity
We aim to help clients understand the legal issues involved, the considerations affecting their matters, and the options available to them.
Strategic Thinking
We consider the broader legal and commercial implications of a matter to help clients evaluate their options and make informed decisions.
OUR TEAM
The People Behind Our Practice
Together, we support our clients with thoughtful legal counsel, specialized knowledge, and a commitment to providing a professional experience at every stage.
Suzanne E. Rogers
Attorney
Suzanne E. Rogers brings extensive legal experience and specialized knowledge in business and intellectual property law to her practice. As a business lawyer, she provides thoughtful counsel to businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals navigating important legal matters. Her work also includes intellectual property, trademark, copyright, and media matters.
With a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property, Suzanne brings particular depth to matters involving intellectual property protection and strategy. Her experience as an intellectual property lawyer includes advising clients on legal issues affecting their creative, business, and intellectual assets.
She holds a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property from The John Marshall Law School, a Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Economics from Pomona College. Suzanne is admitted to practice in California, Washington, D.C., and Nevada.
Tami Averna
Provisionally Licensed Lawyer, California
Tami Averna is a provisionally licensed California attorney who combines a Juris Doctor, a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship, and a Bachelor of Arts with more than two decades of hands-on experience in intellectual property and business and legal affairs. This rare blend of legal training and commercial acumen lets her advise clients not only on what the law requires, but on what makes strategic and financial sense for their business.
Tami’s career spans some of the most recognized names in entertainment, consumer products, and law. At Paramount Pictures, THQ, and Dole Packaged Foods, she protected valuable brands in fast-moving, globally competitive industries. At Big Law, she sharpened her skills in a high-stakes environment, where she managed worldwide trademark portfolios, including one comprising more than 5,000 marks. Her work covered clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and strategic portfolio management across multiple jurisdictions.
Today, Tami focuses on trademark prosecution, copyright registration, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, and related transactional work. She delivers big-law quality with the responsiveness and personal attention clients expect from a boutique practice. Whether she is helping a startup choose and protect its first brand or helping an established company streamline a sprawling portfolio, Tami brings precision, practicality, and a business-minded perspective to every matter.
Kiri Morrison
Legal Assistant
Kiri Morrison is a legal assistant at the Law Offices of Suzanne E. Rogers, bringing over six years of experience supporting corporate and intellectual property practices. Trained by a former USPTO attorney, she has extensive experience preparing and filing trademark applications, conducting trademark clearance searches, and assisting with trademark portfolio management.
Her experience also includes corporate formations and filings, corporate governance, compliance, entity maintenance, business transactions, and agreements. She works directly with clients on corporate matters, helping coordinate documentation and maintain accurate corporate records. In addition, she supports copyright matters for artists, authors, and other creative professionals.
Kiri enjoys working with businesses and creative professionals to help them protect their brands, intellectual property, and creative work.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Active in the Legal
Active in the Legal
Profession
Our team maintains active membership in leading legal and professional organizations, reflecting their continued engagement with the legal community and commitment to professional development.
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PUBLICATIONS & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Published Perspectives on the Law
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Suzanne E. Rogers has contributed to legal publications addressing intellectual property, trademark law, licensing, and other areas of legal practice. Her published work reflects her continued engagement with evolving legal issues and her commitment to thoughtful legal analysis.
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The firm provides legal counsel across business and corporate law, intellectual property, trademark, copyright, and media law.
The firm is based in [Location] and serves clients in [states/jurisdictions/locations to be confirmed]. Suzanne E. Rogers is admitted to practice in California, Washington, D.C., and Nevada.
Suzanne E. Rogers brings extensive legal experience with a focus on business and intellectual property matters. She holds a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property and has published legal commentary on intellectual property, trademark, and licensing issues.
Legal matters are handled with the appropriate members of the firm's team based on the nature and requirements of each matter. The firm takes a thoughtful, client-focused approach to understanding each client's needs and providing appropriate legal guidance.
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