Susie has over 20 years’ legal experience working as counsel on real estate and business transactions. Prior to joining BSF&B, Susie worked on private equity real estate investments, commercial banking and investment contracts, economic development investments, and contract procurement matters for five pension funds at the New York City Comptroller’s Office in New York, N.Y., as Associate General Counsel. Prior to this, she spent time as Counsel, Real Estate, for the New York City Economic Development Corporation in New York, N.Y., working on real estate development, economic development strategy, and commercial leasing transactions.

At BSF&B, Susie continues to practice in the area of commercial business transactions, focusing on commercial real estate matters, buying or selling a business, commercial leasing transactions, and commercial landlord/tenant matters, along with residential real estate and landlord/tenant matters. Additionally, she works in BSF&B’s Elder Law practice on guardianship and surrogate matters. She continues her municipal practice serving as Counsel to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) and as Code Prosecutor for the towns of Thompson and Fallsburg in Sullivan County.

Dedicated to the local community, Susie has served on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Land Trust (OCLT) since 2021. She also serves as an Officer of the Women’s Bar Association of Orange & Sullivan Counties.

Susie graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Cornell University, her Master of Arts in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and received her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.

She is admitted to practice law in New Jersey as well as New York, where she has been admitted since 2005.

Susie grew up in Goshen, N.Y. and attended the Goshen Central School District, graduating from Goshen High School as class valedictorian. She currently lives in Goshen with her husband, also a Goshen native, and their two children.