Dustin Fire

Dustin Fire joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Judge Michael H. Park of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Arun Subramanian of the Southern District of New York. Before clerking, Dustin was a litigation associate at a New York City law firm.

Dustin recently represented dozens of wildfire survivors against PacifiCorp, an Oregon utility company that was found liable for starting the historic 2020 Labor Day fires. Over the course of three damages trials, Dustin gave an opening statement, examined fifteen witnesses, and helped secure $410 million in jury verdicts—including the largest damages award against PacifiCorp to date in the ongoing litigation. The American Lawyer profiled Dustin and described her pivotal role during the first of the three trials.

In 2025, Dustin represented PIUS Limited, LLC and its sellers in an earnout dispute with over $150 million in controversy. The dispute settled after the team secure a $50 million judgment based on the pleadings alone.

Dustin graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was a Supervising Editor for the Harvard Journal on Legislation and a finalist in the Ames Moot Court competition. She received her undergraduate degree in politics and economics summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University.

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