Susie is a partner in the employment law group in the Baton Rouge office. She practices in the areas of labor and employment law, employment litigation, ERISA, insurance coverage and litigation, and civil litigation. Her employment litigation practice includes representing employers in discrimination claims for age, sex, disability, race, religion, and sexual harassment and handling EEOC charges and other administrative complaints through the administrative and judicial process. She advises clients on human resource issues and in developing employee policies and procedures. Susie speaks often on behalf of management interests on employment related topics and frequently provides training to clients on compliance issues under federal and state law.

• Louisiana State University, J.D., 1989; Moot Court Board
• Louisiana State University, B.A., cum laude, 1986; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Lambda Delta

• Barrister: Wex Malone Inn of Court
• Board of Directors, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Baton Rouge Bar Association; American Bar Association (Committee of Labor Law Section); Louisiana Association of Defense Council; Federal Bar Association; Women Business Owners; National Association of Women Lawyers Association
• Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States District Courts for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; and all state courts of Louisiana.

• Representation of private and public employers in all facets of employment-related matters from counseling and advising, including defense of administrative and judicial complaints of discrimination.
• Litigation of numerous cases in federal and state courts involving various claims of discrimination and sexual harassment.
• Obtained summary dismissal of numerous lawsuits involving claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, constitutional issues, tort and contract claims in federal and state courts.
• Design of employment policies and procedures covering family and medical leave, workplace harassment, sexual harassment, military leave, etc.
• Handled numerous matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Louisiana Commission on Human Rights.
• Counsel of employers on employee wage payment issues and overtime issues as it relates to salary/hourly employees.