| Suzan D. Herskowitz
Employment
Attorney, Suzan D. Herskowitz, P.L.L.C., Winchester, Virginia, September 2004 to present
Principal of small law firm specializing in estate planning, business planning, real estate, land entitlement issues, and elder law. Practice entails all types of estate documents including, wills and trusts, powers of attorney and medical directives; Medicaid planning and related issues for aging populations; business formation and maintenance of corporate documentation; settlement attorney; and drafting of various entitlement documents for developers to include deeds of subdivision, easement, and homeowners association documentation.
Attorney, David C. Culbert, P.L.C., Leesburg, Virginia, August 2002 to September 2004
Associate Attorney for small law firm specializing in land use entitlement issues. Significant portion of practice included contact with land entitlement managers for various developers, as well as land survey and engineering firms, and drafting entitlement documents to include deeds of subdivision and easement and homeowners association documentation.
Attorney, Martin & Seibert, L.C., Martinsburg, West Virginia, August 2000 to August 2002
Managing Attorney for Business and Estates Department. Practice consisting of estate and business planning. Assisted Real Estate Department with residential real estate closings.
Attorney, Law Office of Suzan D. Herskowitz, Stuart, Florida, February 1990 to August 2000
Sole practitioner’s practice with emphasis on estate planning, probate and residential real estate. From February 1990 until September 1998, office in Broward County, Florida. From September 1998 until August 2000, office in Stuart, Florida.
Reference Librarian, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law School Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 1989 to November 1992
Reference librarian for law school library. Provided assistance to students and faculty with all phases of legal research (manual and computerized).
Attorney, Law Office of Suzan D. Herskowitz, Hurst, Texas, November 1986 to August 1988
Sole practitioner practice with emphasis on family law, bankruptcy, estate planning and probate.
Law-Related Licenses and Memberships
Virginia State Bar, since 2002
West Virginia State Bar, since 2001
The Florida Bar, since 1990
The State Bar of Texas, since 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, since 2002
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, since 1987
Real Estate Section, Virginia State Bar, since 2004
Trusts and Estates Section, Virginia State Bar, since 2004
Trusts and Estates Section, Texas Bar, since 2007
Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Leesburg Chapter, 2003-2004
Loudoun County Bar Association, 2003-2004
Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Treasure Coast Chapter, 2000
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar, through 2000
Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund, Member Agent, 1998-2003
Certified Title Agent, 2007-present
Lawyer’s Title, Agent, 2007-present
Other Memberships
American Association of University Women, Winchester Branch, 2006 to present (Co-Vice President of Programs)
Winchester Business and Professional Women, Winchester Chapter, 2004 to present (Vice President Membership since 2005; Member of the Year 2006)
Rotary International, Frederick County Chapter, 2003 to 2005
Top of Virginia Builders Association, 2003-2007
Court House Civil War Museum Board of Directors, 2005 to present
Publications
Wills, Trusts & Estates, 2nd edition (Saddlebrook, NJ: Prentice Hall) 2006
Wills, Trusts & Estates, 1st edition (Saddlebrook, NJ: Prentice Hall) 2001
"Lawyer-Librarians in Public Law Schools: Too Many Unanswered Questions," 85
Law Library Journal 205 (1993).
Collecting Child Support (Deerfield Beach, FL: Made E-Z Products), 1996, republished
2000 (now Socrates Media) (out of print)
Legal Research Made Easy, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions (Sourcebooks)
Wills for Florida: How to make your own will (Bellingham, WA: Self-Counsel Press), 1992 (out of print)
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas at Arlington 1982
Juris Doctor, Texas Tech University School of Law 1986
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