Susan has over 25 years of experience in financial, forensic and legal matters, including the preparation of financial analyses and reports on an array of bankruptcy, insolvency and forensic issues. She has provided financial advisory services to numerous constituencies, including debtors, creditors’ committees, bondholders, secured creditors and purchasers. Susan has provided services relating to expert testimony on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in multi-billion dollar litigation.
She is also experienced in conducting fraud investigations and examinations and forensic investigations. She provides consulting services in the areas of risk and business intelligence services, fraudulent transfer and preference analysis, distressed business valuation, inter-creditor disputes, determinations of damages and fiduciary duty compliance services. Susan has represented debtors, creditors, and committees in a variety of industries, including real estate/construction, manufacturing and distribution, transportation, energy, telecommunications and retail. She has also served as a mediator in highly complex commercial matters and inter-creditor disputes.
In the news
- In re Seadrill Limited, et al. (financial advisors to the Independent Members of the Board of Directors)
- In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, et al. (financial advisor to the Special Governance Committee)
- In re Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation, et al. (financial advisors to the Independent Committee of the Board of Directors)
- In re Patriot Coal Corporation, et al. (financial advisor to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors)
- In re Residential Capital, LLC, et al. (financial advisor to the Examiner)
- Tronox Incorporated, et al. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Kerr-McGee Corporation, et al. (litigation support on behalf of plaintiff)
- In re Petra Fund REIT Corp., et al. (financial advisor to the examiner)
- Adelphia Communications Corp., et al. v. FPL Group, Inc. and West Boca Security, Inc. (litigation support on behalf of defendant)
- ASARCO, LLC v. Sterlite (USA), Inc. and Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (In re ASARCO, LLC, et al.) (litigation support on behalf of defendant)
- Authored or co-authored several books, articles and other publications
- Guest lecturer at Georgia State University, New York Law School and the University of Georgia School of Law
- Guest lecturer on terrorism at the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) and the Metropolitan Police Executives’ Association and on cultural and legal issues for US Central Command and US Special Operations Command, Tampa, Florida
- American Bankruptcy Institute, member of the Veterans and Servicemembers Task Force
- Atlanta Bar Association, bankruptcy section
- Georgia Bar Association, bankruptcy and entertainment and sports law sections
- Choctaw Bar Association
- International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
- Turnaround Management Association
Location
North Carolina
Education
Juris Doctor, cum laude
Georgia State University
Master of Business Administration
Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Arts in economics
Vanderbilt University