Susan Donovan
Director, Mediation Law Clinic; Staff Attorney, Elder Law Clinic
205-348-6810
sdonovan@law.ua.edu
Susan Donovan
Susan Donovan serves as Director of our new Mediation Law Clinic and as a staff attorney in the Elder Law Clinic. The new Mediation Clinic is devoted to family law. Susan is a full-time member of the clinical professional staff.
Susan received her B.A. Magna Cum Laude from Birmingham Southern in 1984 and her J.D. with honors from Duke in 1987. She practiced with Howrey & Simon in D.C., and returned to Birmingham to work her way to partnership at Bradley Arant. She has been in private practice in Tuscaloosa since 2001, and a part-time staff attorney for our Elder and Domestic Violence Clinics in 2008-09. Much of her private practice has been in family law, and she has served as Guardian Ad Litum on appointed and pro bono cases as well as an advocate in juvenile, family, circuit and federal courts.