About Suzanne King
Suzanne King Nusbaum is a attorney specializing in arbitration and mediation, with over five decades of experience in the legal field. Based in Los Gatos, California, she has a diverse practice encompassing business law, employment law, health care law, and intellectual property. She holds a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from Santa Clara University, completed in 2005. Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2001, Nusbaum also holds licenses in Maine and Massachusetts, granted in 1972 and 1973, respectively. She is admitted to practice before the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, since 2008, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, since 2002. Throughout her career, Nusbaum has served on numerous Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) panels, including the American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). She has arbitrated and mediated legal fee disputes for the State Bar of California and the Santa Clara County Bar Association. In addition to her ADR work, Nusbaum has held leadership roles in professional organizations. She has been the Chair of the ADR Committee for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and the IP Section ADR Committee for the American Bar Association (ABA).
She also served as the Chair of the Northern California Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Nusbaum's experience includes serving as an Administrative Law Judge on the Massachusetts Industrial Accident Reviewing Board and as a commissioner on the Maine Worker’s Compensation Commission. She has also been a temporary settlement judge, arbitrator, mediator. Neutral evaluator for the California Superior Court in Santa Clara County and a mediator and early neutral evaluator for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In 2013, Nusbaum was a panelist at the ANSI Legal Issues Forum, discussing the arbitration of RAND disputes.
She has also been featured in Santa Clara Magazine, highlighting her achievements and contributions to the field. Nusbaum's office is located at 119 Millrich Drive, Los Gatos, CA 95030. She can be contacted by phone at (408) 399-2688 or via email at snusbaum@impartia.com. As of February 18, 2026, Suzanne King Nusbaum's license status with the State Bar of California is inactive.
