As a Texas lawyer for over two decades, Susanna has served in all three branches of government, including as an Assistant Solicitor General of Texas, as Special Counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee, and as a law clerk to the Honorable Jerry Smith on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Today, Susanna leads a team of attorneys as Special Counsel in the Texas Attorney General’s office. Key matters include the successful defense of SB 1750, which eliminated the Harris County elections administrator, the defense of HB 2127, the “Death Star” preemption case, and various immigration cases against the federal government.
As partner or counsel in four law firms, Susanna has represented clients in a wide range of litigation and advisory matters involving constitutional law, contracts, intellectual property, employment, banking, and corporate governance. Representative matters include helping a Texas company prove that a Fortune 500 company misappropriated its trade secrets, and recovering funds for a convention organizer in connection with a COVID-19 shutdown.
A Commitment to the Rule of Law
Susanna has published extensively about the role of the courts and the rule of law, including articles in the Houston Chronicle, the Washington Times, and American Enterprise. She has also led events throughout Harris County educating community leaders about the importance of the rule of law and how to evaluate judicial candidates.
A Commitment to Judicial Independence
Susanna knows that judges must decide cases based on the law and facts before the court. In the words of Justice Felix Frankfurter, “there can be no free society without law administered through an independent judiciary.” Judges must be independent as well as impartial for the rule of law to flourish and benefit all citizens in a free society.
A Commitment to Texas
Susanna, a fifth-generation Texan, has dedicated herself to promoting constitutional governance in the Lone Star State. In addition to numerous publications, she has created community education programs on the importance of the rule of law, teaching everyday citizens how to evaluate judicial candidates. Susanna has also helped safeguard the integrity of our electoral process as an attorney responsible for legal compliance. For example, she has reviewed and rejected proposed campaign materials having insufficient basis in fact, and has advised both for and against potential legal claims based on the evidence and the law. As a judge, Susanna will likewise protect the judicial system by fairly applying the law and the principles of Justice Beyond Politics.
