Susan represents clients in a broad spectrum of commercial and complex civil litigation matters across New York and New Jersey, with a particular focus on products liability. Her products liability practice encompasses high-stakes disputes involving defective consumer goods and products, automotive components, industrial machinery, and medical devices. Susan brings a strategic and detail-oriented approach to every case, ensuring that clients receive effective advocacy tailored to their unique needs.
Susan has also developed experience in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). She is well-versed in the nuanced issues that arise in ADR settings and leverages this knowledge to help clients achieve efficient and favorable outcomes.
Before joining the firm, Susan served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Robert J. Mega, P.J.Ch., and the Honorable Mark P. Ciarrocca, P.J.Cv., in the New Jersey Superior Court, Union Vicinage. During her clerkship, she gained invaluable insight into judicial decision-making and complex procedural matters, which she now applies to her litigation practice.
Credentials
Education
Brooklyn Law School (J.D.)
- President, Brooklyn Business Law Association
- Vice President of Competitive Affairs, Alternative Dispute Resolution Honor Society
- The Order of the Barristers, Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Semi-Finalist, ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition
College of the Holy Cross (B.A.)
- Program Director for Student Programs for Urban Development (S.P.U.D.)
Professional Admissions
State of New York
State of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Professional Activities
NJ LEEP Attorney Mentor
Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, New York City Bar Association
ADR Committee Member, Women in the Law Committee Member, New York County Lawyers’ Association
Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
Member, Holy Cross Lawyers Association
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Law Clerk to the Honorable Mark Ciarrocca, P.J.Cv. and the Honorable Robert Mega, P.J.Ch., New Jersey Superior Court, Union County, Elizabeth, NJ, August 2021 – September 2022
Intern to the Honorable Rosemary Gambardella, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, September 2020 – May 2021
Legal Employment
Summer Associate, Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP, Newark, NJ, June 2020 – July 2020
Clinic Student, Brooklyn Law School Corporate and Real Estate Clinic, Brooklyn, NY, January 2020 – May 2020
Mediation Intern, The Mediation Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, August 2019 – December 2019
Legal Intern, Alma Realty Corp., Queens, NY, May 2019 – August 2019
Legal Intern, Pfizer, New York, NY, June 2018 – August 2018