Susan Wiesner, Founder

Ms. Wiesner believes her background and interest in international affairs, and her personal choices in life to be a single mother, have led her to find an intellectual, emotional and spiritual pinnacle through her client work. Ms. Wiesner's global outlook is seen in her education at Creighton University School of Law and London School of Economics, her background and experience, her volunteer work, her family life, and her personal and professional goals. Yet, Ms. Wiesner keeps grounded by focusing on the reward of helping people. Ms. Wiesner was fortunate to practice law with mentors such as Sorrell Trope where she was an associate attorney until 2000 before she started her own firm. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Ms. Wiesner was named as one of the top lawyers in Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine, Super Lawyers edition.
Ms. Wiesner is actively involved with the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, which provides family law and domestic violence assistance to low-income families in Los Angeles through the efforts of volunteer lawyers, paralegals and students, where she recently taught a class for the Center on the basic aspects of Family Law. The class was designed to instruct volunteers on how to assist the Center's low-income clients. As part of the Center's pro bono panel, Susan E. Wiesner, A Law Corporation also takes on a pro bono client every year.

Ms. Wiesner earned her Masters of Law from the London School of Economics in 1989 and her J.D. from Creighton University in 1987. She also received her B.A. from Creighton University in 1984. Ms. Wiesner was admitted to the California State Bar in 1991 to the U.S. District Court Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts; and to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Ninth Circuits; and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In 1987, she was admitted to the Nebraska State Bar and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. In 2008, Ms. Wiesner was awarded the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services by the The Board of Governors of the State Bar of California. Ms. Wiesner is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and the Beverly Hills Women's Club.