Susie is a partner in the commercial litigation regional practice group in the New Orleans office. She practices in the areas of governmental relations, oil and gas, and general commercial litigation. In addition, she has experience in the area of municipal finance relating to bond financings as well as experience with contract and property disputes. Susie moved to New Orleans from Shreveport, where she had spent her legal career practicing commercial litigation. She was a Law Clerk to Chief Judge Henry A. Politz in the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit from 1980 to 1981.

• Louisiana State University, J.D., 1980; Order of the Coif
• University of Louisiana, Monroe, M.A. 1976; B.A., 1974

• Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (House of Delegates, 1989-2001; Chair, Court Rule Committee, 1997-2002); American Bar Association, Fellow; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; LSU Law Center, Board of Trustees (2004 - Present); Chair, Louisiana Supreme Court's Court Rules Committee (2002-Present); Louisiana Bar Foundation, Education Committee (2003-Present); Chair, Louisiana State Bar Association Committee on Uniform District Court Rules (1997-2002); Chair, Uniform Rules Committee of the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (1997-2002); Editorial Board, Louisiana State Bar Association Journal (1997-2000); Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow, Legal Services Task Force (1998)
• Recipient: Louisiana State Bar Association President's Professionalism Award (2000)
• Member: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Transition Team, Governor Kathleen Blanco (2003-2004); United Way - Shreveport, Vice President, 2003-2004 Campaign

• Instructor, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Trial Academy, July 2004
• American Association of Professional Landmen; Gulf Coast Land Institute; New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003
• Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, Speaker, 2003
• Louisiana's New District Court Rules; Summer School for Judges; Sandestin, Florida
• Drafting Judicial Rules; International Legislative Drafting Institute; Tulane University Law School; New Orleans, Louisiana
• Ethics; Shreveport Bar Association Seminar; Shreveport, Louisiana
• Agency, Due Process and Notice Requirements; Louisiana State Bar Association Summer School for Lawyers; Sandestin, Florida and New Orleans, Louisiana
• Navigability and Its Effect on Ownership of Land and Mineral Rights; Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar; Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
• Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; Louisiana State Bar Association Summer School for Lawyers; Sandestin, Florida
• Recent Developments in the Louisiana Law of Immovable Property; Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar; Seattle, Washington
• Emerging Issues in Tort Litigation; Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar; Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Co-Author: "The Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, Securing Northwest Louisiana's Place in the Global Economy," Louisiana Bar Journal, December 2001
• "When Bad Things Happen to Basically Good Lawyers: LSBA Program Offers 'Alternatives to Discipline' Assistance," Louisiana Bar Journal, February 1999
• Co-Author: "Women Rainmakers," Louisiana Bar Journal, February 1998
• Interview of Chief Judge Henry A. Politz, Louisiana Bar Journal, February 1992
• Author: "Workers' Compensation: The Effect of Employer Negligence on Third Party Suits," 41 Louisiana Law Review 101, 1980