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Susan G. Chappell Member
505-717-1978 phone
505-242-6225 fax
Admission Details
- Admitted in 1996, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Law School Attended
- Drake University, 1996, J.D.
- with honors
University Attended
- School of Visual Arts, New York, 1993, B.F.A.
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Labor Law
- Employment Law
- Corporate Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Business Formation
- Contract Review & Development
Selected Professional and Community Service
- Management Member, City of Albuquerque Labor Management Relations Board, Oct. 2013-Oct. 2015
- Supreme Court Appointee to the New Mexico Uniform Jury Instructions, Civil, Committee, 2008-2014
- Member and Board of Directors, New Mexico State Bar Health Law Section, 2013-2015; New Mexico State Bar Employment Law Section, 2012-2013
- Member, New Mexico Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Legal Profession and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 2004-present
- Board of Directors, Equal Access to Justice, 2008-present
- Board of Directors, Campfire USA, New Mexico chapter, 2012-present
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2010-2015
- Member and past-President (2006), New Mexico Women’s Bar Association
- Member Board of Directors, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, 1997-2008
Selected recent presentations, articles and training
- Presenter, Employment Law: 2014 Comprehensive Guide, National Business Institute, November, 2014, Albuquerque, New Mexico – Drafting Must Have Policies for Today’s Handbooks
- Graduate, Leadership Albuquerque, 2014
- Presenter, Fundamentals of Employment Law, Sterling Education Services, July 2013, Albuquerque, New Mexico – The PPACA- What Employers Need to Know
- Presenter, Employment Law Update Seminar, Lorman Educational Service, June, 2013, Albuquerque, New Mexico – Update on the Significant Changes Made by the ADAAA of 2008
- Presenter, Employment Law Update Seminar, Lorman Educational Service, June, 2012, Albuquerque, New Mexico – Update on the Significant Changes Made by the ADAAA of 2008
- New Mexico Business Weekly, April, 2012, Obamacare, What Remains if Only the Mandate is Stricken
- Certificate in Mediation, Third Judicial District Court, County of Dona Ana, New Mexico
- Certified Yoga Teacher (200-hour)
- Developer, Volcano Trek iOS application