Susan Vance Email and Phone Number

Susan handles a broad range of appeals and litigation support with special emphasis on complex commercial cases in the real property, financial, and energy arenas. She has also represented multinational corporations in employment and products liability appeals and has substantial experience in aviation, tax, and insurance matters. Susan’s understanding of complex financial and oil and gas issues assists clients in presenting difficult material to courts and juries. A veteran of both the chambers and podiums of state and federal courts of appeals, she is regarded for her ability to predict and answer courts' concerns. Susan is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and served four years as chair of the Civil Appellate Law Examination Commission for the Board. She was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013-2017 and 2014, and among Texas Super Lawyers 2010-2017, and was named among Texas Lawyer’s top twenty Winning Women in 2011. A summa cum laude finance graduate of Texas A&M University, Susan previously worked in the investment banking industry as a trader for a major securities firm and ran her own successful real estate brokerage firm. She earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Journal of Business Law. Susan worked for the Hon. Xavier Rodriguez, then of the Texas Supreme Court, and later served a two-year clerkship with Judge Thomas Reavley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.Licensed in both Texas and New Mexico, Susan taught appellate clerkship writing at U.T. Law for many years. She is a credentialed mediator, is active in American Inns of Court, and sits on a number of local, state, and national committees in service to the legal profession.