Susan J. Daley
Susan has more than 25 years of experience assisting clients with executive compensation, securities, and employee benefits issues.
Susan Daley advises companies on a broad range of issues involving executive and equity-based compensation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure and compliance (including proxy statement disclosure), Section 16 reporting, clawback and insider trading compliance, taxation (e.g., Internal Revenue Code section 409A), employee benefits, and corporate governance.
Susan has held various leadership positions in American, Illinois, and Chicago bar associations and the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. She is a frequent speaker and a co-author of the BNA Tax Management Portfolio “Security Law Aspects of Employee Benefit Plans,” as well as a contributing author to The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (RR Donnelley).
Education & Credentials
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981
- University of Connecticut, B.A., summa cum laude, 1978
Bar and Court Admissions
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Illinois
Professional Recognition
Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Employee Benefit (ERISA) Law, 1995-2025
Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
Listed in Who's Who in America
Listed in Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America
Listed in Who's Who in American Law
Listed in Chicago Magazine as one of the "Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers," 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2016
Listed as a "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2005-2024
Listed as one of the "Top 50 Women Illinois Super Lawyers," as published by Law & Politics, 2006-2014 and 2016
Ranked by Chambers USA as “America’s Leading Business Lawyers," 2007-2010, "America's Leading Labor & Employment Lawyers," 2011-2024
*Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
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Impact
Professional Leadership
- National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, Chicago Chapter, President
- American Bar Association: Section of Taxation Employee Benefits Committee, Federal Securities Law Subcommittee, Former Chair; Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB), Member, Business Law Representative
- American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Fellow
- Illinois State Bar Association, Employee Benefits Section Council, Former Chair
- Chicago Bar Association, Employee Benefits Committee, Former Chair; Federal Taxation Committee, Former Chair
