Susan Williams Matthews - Conover, NC

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2008
    J.D.
    Honors: With Honors
    Honors: Honored with the Eugene Gressman--Daniel H. Pollitt Award for Oral Advocacy Skills
    Law Journal: North Carolina Banking Institute Journal, Publications Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Furman University, 2005
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: D.H. Gilpatrick History Scholar
    Honors: Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
    Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
    Honors: Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society
    Honors: Furman University Mock Trial Team
    Honors: Member of Chi Omega Sorority

Past Positions

• Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP in Charlotte, N.C., Associate

Classes and Seminars

• Co-Presenter at North Carolina Municipal Attorneys’ Conference on subdivision bonds and developer defaults, 2009 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• United Way of Catawba County, Member, Board of Directors, 2019 - Present
• United Arts Council of Catawba County, Past Secretary and Member, Board of Directors, 2012 - 2018
• Catawba County Chamber of Commerce, Past Member, Board of Directors, 2014 - 2016
• UNC Law Alumni Association, Past Member, Board of Directors, 2013 - 2016
• Leadership Catawba Graduate, 2013 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• Defense Research Institute (DRI), “And the Defense Wins”, DRI, June 20, 2012
  
• North Carolina Banking Institute Journal, “Individual Development Accounts in North Carolina”, 11 N.C. Banking Inst. 343, 2007
  

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 2008
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
• North Carolina Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• North Carolina Court of Appeals

Other Affiliations

• North Carolina Bar Association, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law and Young Lawyers Division
• Catawba County Bar Association, 2012 - 2015 (Past President, Vice-President, and Secretary)