Susan M. Peterson

Probate, Mediation
Pan American Life Center Building, 601 Poydras Street, Suite 2335
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130


Probate

Admitted

1978, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Loyola University, J.D., 1978

Law School Graduation Year

1978

College

University of Kansas, B.A., 1968

Memberships

New Orleans, Louisiana State (Chairman, 1986-1987, 1990-1991, Trust Estates, Probate and Immovable Property Section) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Bar Foundation; Louisiana Association for Women Attorneys (President, 1988-1990); New Orleans Estate Planning Council; National Association of Estate Planners (Accredited Estate Planner); Special Task Force for Advance Directives Through Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs

Biographical

Editor, 1977-1978, Loyola Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Justice John A. Dixon, Jr., Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1978-1979. Adjunct Professor: Estates and Trusts, Tulane University, 1983; Document Drafting, 1988, 1991 and Louisiana Trusts, 1988, 1989, Loyola University Law School. Lecturer, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills, CLE Program, Loyola University Law School, 1992, 1994, 1996. Fellow: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization).

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