The Past Presidents’ Committee of the South Palm Beach County Florida Association for Women Lawyers honored Florida Bar President-elect Michelle R. Suskauer with the organization’s Woman Lawyer of the Year Award on Thursday, March 29, during a ceremony at Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton.
Suskauer is a West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney and member of The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors. She has chaired The Florida Bar’s Board Disciplinary Review Committee, the Board Communications Committee, the Special Committee on Gender Bias, the Strategic Planning Committee and the Annual Convention Committee. She will be sworn in as President at the Bar’s Annual Convention in June.
Suskauer is a past president of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, past president of the Palm Beach County FAWL Chapter and currently president of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.
Suskauer is a partner with Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A., a law firm that focuses on criminal defense and finance fraud with offices in West Palm Beach, Miami, Los Angeles and New York.
Source: The Florida Bar