Susan S. Q. Kalra

Specialty / focus. Susan S. Q. Kalra is a California-licensed litigator whose tracked patent work is entirely plaintiff-side enforcement of technology patents against operating companies — including consumer-electronics and telecom defendants (ZTE, Asus, American Reliance in the tracked Mesa Digital matters). Her own firm bio describes patent representation "primarily technology patents," and docket research shows her name on numerous NPE-driven suits in California federal courts (e.g., for Koji IP, VDPP, Flick Intelligence, ALD Social, Linfo IP, and others) alongside Ramey LLP colleagues. No pharmaceutical, Hatch-Waxman, or standards-essential (Wi-Fi/SEP) practice appears in the record.

Side preference. Her three tracked appearances are all for plaintiffs (3–0), all at Ramey, all for Mesa Digital LLC — a non-practicing-entity monetization campaign. Court records consistently place her on the NPE/plaintiff side; there is no tracked or well-sourced evidence of her defending operating companies in patent cases. One court filing in the Koji IP matter states she is not registered with the USPTO, which is consistent with a litigation (not prosecution/IPR) role.

Firm context. Her patent work is tied to IP-focused firms in California: she practiced at Mahamedi IP Law LLP (Campbell) before moving to Ramey LLP (Ramey & Schwaller LLP), where she served as the California-licensed attorney of record on NPE cases originated out of Houston. Per the Sacramento Business Journal and Murphy Austin's website, she left that role in February 2025 and is now an associate at Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP in Sacramento, where her practice is business and employment litigation rather than patents.

Notable matters. The most significant public development involves Koji IP LLC v. Renesas Electronics America (N.D. Cal., No. 3:24-cv-03089), where Magistrate Judge Peter Kang held a sanctions show-cause hearing in September 2024 over Ramey colleagues litigating under Kalra's California license. Kalra was named as an appellant in related Federal Circuit appeals (Nos. 25-1639 and 26-1778). Her tracked Mesa Digital cases against ZTE, Asus, and American Reliance are otherwise routine district-court patent pleadings without publicly reported merits verdicts. I found no verifiable evidence of a regular PTAB/IPR practice — her appearances are district-court and CAFC-focused. Bar/education: California State Bar No. 167940; J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law (1993); B.A., California State University, East Bay (1990).