Susan G Perin - Houston, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer Ombudsman since 2002 with ESGR (Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency)
• Volunteer at Ronald McDonald House

Published Works

Articles

• "Understanding USERRA and the Department of Labor Regulations: What Each of Us Should Know,” American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Midwinter Meeting, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 2008
  
• “Volunteer Mediation: Using Your Professional Skills to Give Back,” Texas Bar Journal, 2007
  
• “Mediating Construction Disputes: What Works and What Doesn’t,” Dispute Resolution Journal, American Arbitration Association, Co-Author, 2003
  
• “Nuts and Bolts of Arbitration,” Houston Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2003
  
• “Mediation of Construction Cases – What Works and What Doesn’t,” State Bar of Texas,15th Annual Construction Law Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2002, and State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Construction Law Section, Co-Author, 2002.
  
• "You’ve Been Selected as an Arbitrator — Now What? Navigating the Murky Waters of Disclosure,” Houston Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Seminar on Nuts and Bolts of Arbitration, 2000
• “Bringing Closure to the Wrongful Termination Claim,” American Arbitration Association Seminar, Denver, Colorado, 2000
• “The View from the Jury Box,” Association of Attorney-Mediators, 1996
• Lead Article for South Texas Law Journal, co-authorship with Robert W. Calvert, former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Calvert & Perin, Is the Castle Crumbling – Harmless Error Revisited?, 20 S.Tex.L.J. 1 (1979) – Article cited by Texas Supreme Court in its cases
• Case Note, 19:2 S.Tex.L.J. 500 (1978), Common-law Arbitration

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1980

Other Affiliations

• Society of Legal Scholars, Texas Bar College, Fellow (30 Years)
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, District 4, Harris County, Appointed by The Supreme Court of Texas, 2001-2004
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• President and Member of the Board of Directors of the Houston Chapter of the Association of Attorney-Mediators, 1995-1996; Treasurer, 1994-1995; Member, 1991-Present
• Juror and Foreperson in Probate Court, Will Contest Case, 1996
• Chairperson of the Construction Law Section of the Houston Bar Association, 1994-1995
• Original Council Member of the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
• Attorney-Mediator, Houston Bar Association Peer Mediation Project with Houston Independent School District, trained fourth and fifth graders to mediate peer disputes, 1993-1995