Susan Jane Cole has relied on her strong belief and understanding of science to help her win some of the toughest cases in modern legal history. She has tried more than eighty asbestos cases in her career on behalf of the manufacturers and distributors of friction, building supply, and pump products all alleged to have contained asbestos. She is recognized as one of the leading asbestos defense counsel in the country on the issues of medical causation and the science of asbestos and is often called upon on the eve of trial to assist defendants with the cross examination of medical and scientific experts.

In addition to her work on asbestos trials, Cole has been the leader in many other product liability, construction defect, wrongful death and medical malpractice trials.