Representative Experience

Susan has extensive experience in Minnesota’s state appellate courts, and has gained a solid reputation for her strength in handling cases at the Minnesota Court of Appeals and at the Minnesota Supreme Court. Susan argued and prevailed at the Minnesota Supreme Court in Witso v. Overby, in which the Court affirmed a putative father’s standing to compel genetic testing. Susan also assisted in writing an amicus brief submitted on behalf of the Family Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association in Peterka v. Dennis, a case in which the Minnesota Supreme Court determined that court-appointed neutrals are entitled to immunity.

Susan has served as secretary, program co-chair and committee co-chair for the Family Law Section of the Hennepin County Bar Association. She is a member of the Family Law and Appellate Practice Sections of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Susan has served on the Fourth District Bar Association Ethics Committee, and has provided pro bono legal services through Tubman Chrysalis Center and through the MSBA Appellate Practice Section.