- Legal Elite of North Carolina in the area of Family Law – North Carolina Business Journal – 2014
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section – Member – 2011 – Present
- Forsyth County Bar Association – Member – 2011 – Present
- Licensed to practice law in North Carolina since 2011
- Treasurer and Board Member: H.O.P.E. of Winston Salem – January 2015 – January 2017
- Treasurer and Co-Cookie Mom: Girl Scout Troop 02385 – September 2013 – Present
Education:
- Bachelor of Business Administration: Concentrations in Accounting and Finance, Minor in Economics – Boston University School of Management – 2005
- Juris Doctor – Wake Forest University School of Law – 2011
Susan, often described as dichotomous, finds family law a natural fit which draws on her logical and interpersonal intelligences. This allows Susan to be both a passionate and pragmatic advocate for her clients.
After graduating Wake Forest University School of Law in 2011, Susan began her law career working with the Piedmont Law Center, a non-profit law firm providing legal services to low income families. There she discovered an empty space, previously unknown to her, where the need for reduced-fee legal services in the family law arena was in large demand. This sparked in Susan a passion for making the judicial system accessible for the average family and gave her the opportunity to learn firsthand how to represent these clients’ needs.
Susan brings unique experience to the practice of family law from her previous career as an accountant. Susan sat for and passed the Certified Public Accountant exam in 2012. This education and experience informs Susan’s representation of individuals who are in the process of redefining their financial future.
Susan is the newest addition to Kurtz Evans Whitley Guy & Simos, PLLC. Her empathy and passion for her clients has been on full display. She views herself as a translator, helping make the world of often complex and dense legal principals something accessible for her clients. She realizes when a client comes to see her that they are often looking for someone to help them understand what is going on and to explain what the next steps are in a clear, concise, and coherent way. She takes this responsibility very seriously and is happiest when she feels that she has served her clients by lifting a weight off their shoulders.
When not at the office, Susan enjoys spending time with her husband, step-daughter and dogs, traveling, skiing and cooking.
Co-Author and Co-Lecturer, “Preparing & Managing an Equitable Distribution Case.” Basics of Family Law. North Carolina Bar Foundation, Continuing Legal Education, November 2016.
Co-Speaker and Co-Author: “Defending Alienation of Affections and Criminal Conversation Claims” – North Carolina Family Law Specialists Annual Meeting (Charlotte, NC) – August 2015.
Editor: “Federal Taxation” – North Carolina Family Law Marital Claims (2015).
Manuscript Co-Author: “There is No Such Thing as a ‘Little Custody Case” (November 2014).
