About
Susan is listed in The Best Lawyers in America guide in both the areas of medical malpractice and private harm. She has obtained an AV rating (the best expert score)within the MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and changed into elected as the President (2009-2010), Vice-Presdent (2008-2009) and Secretary/Treasurer (2007-2008) of the Charleston Chapter. She is chosen for inclusion within the South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. She is a member of the American Association for Justice (President s Club, Professional Malpractice Section and Birth Trauma Litigation Group, former Co-Chair Ethics Committee, State Liaison to Women Trial Lawyers Caucus), the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Bar Foundation, and served at the South Carolina Bar s Task Force on Civil Justice and the South Carolna Task Force on Courts (2006-2007). She is a member of the SC Bar, the Charleton County Bar Association (Executive Committee,1990-1992 and 2003-2004, Chair CLE Committee, 1989-1991 and 1995-1996), and the American Bar Association (Litigation Section). She additionally served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor on the Medical University of South Carolina from 1985 through 1998. Susan is likewise a Circuit Court Mediator, licensed with the aid of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Active in civic affairs, Susan became the yr 2000 Chairperson for the Komen Charleston Race for the Cure, an affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and served on its board for many years. Susan additionally serves or has served on the forums of directors of the Hollings Cancer Center, Pro Bono Legal Services, Inc., the Charleston Civic Ballet, the Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of Girl Scouts of America, Inc., My Sister s House, Inc., Charleston Theatreworks, and Charleston Neighborhood Legal Assistance, Inc.
Susan cares approximately her clients and works hard to deliver them justice. She has represented numerous people in scientific malpractice claims and gained one in all the most important medical malpractice verdicts within the kingdom. Her prosecution of a civil homicide case in a federal court in Atlanta gained national attention in 1994 and become stated on national television. She has represented clients in a number of topics which include wrongful dying claims, vehicle and trucking accidents, unfair alternate practices, merchandise legal responsibility claims, clinical malpractice claims, business disputes, employment suits, and personal damage claims.
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Legal Issues
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Car Accidents
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Litigation
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SC Supreme Court
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Graduation year: 1977
Graduation year: 1971
