B.A., University of Virginia, 1980. J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1983. Member, Michigan, New York, and Virginia Bars.
Prior to joining our firm, Suzanne served as a Law Clerk to The Honorable Stewart A. Newblatt, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, from 1983 to 1985. She left Michigan for New York, and from 1985 to 1990 she was an Assistant Corporation Counsel, promoted to a Deputy Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, with the New York City Law Department, General Litigation Division, litigating in the state and federal trial courts of New York City, primarily in the areas of civil rights and employment discrimination. After a brief residence in London, England, Suzanne joined NLRG in 1991, where her areas of expertise include Administrative Law, Evidence, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Elections, Insurance, Labor & Employment, Medicare/Medicaid, Schools, Social Security, State & Local Government, and Workers' Compensation. Recently, Suzanne has assisted in drafting several law journal articles on questions of evidence and civil procedure. In addition, she has performed research and analysis in the defense of charges of electronic solicitation of minors.
In her spare time, Suzanne does volunteer work with the local public schools and her church and enjoys paying college tuition bills for her oldest child.
See a sample of Suzanne's work