Susan Paczak
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Susan Paczak, an associate at ABES BAUMANN, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1980 magna cum laude, and from Duquesne University in 1989 receiving her J.D. cum laude. She was a member of the Duquesne Law Review where she was an Associate Recent Decisions Editor. Susan worked as a paralegal at ABES BAUMANN before attending law school and has always had an interest in people. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Susan practices in the areas of Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability and Veterans Benefits, one of a very few attorneys in Western Pennsylvania who represent veterans.
Year Joined Firm
- 1989
Areas of Practice
- Workers Compensation
- Social Security Disability
- Veterans Benefits
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1989
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1993
Education
- Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1989
- Law Review: Duquesne Law Review, Member, 1987 - 1989
- Law Review: Duquesne Law Review, Editor, Associate Recent Decisions, 1988 - 1989
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- B.A.S.W. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1980
Classes/Seminars
- Practice before the Department of Veterans Affairs, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Elder Law: Obtaining Veterans Benefits and Funding Long-term Care, National Business Institute
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Member, Social Security Practitioners Committee
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Council Member, 1993 - 2001
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Member
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, Member
- Women's Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania, Member
- National Organization of Veteran's Benefits, Member
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Worker's Compensation Section
Past Employment Positions
- Abes Baumann, Paralegal
