Cheung, Christina

Susan graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration. She graduated from law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994 with a Juris Doctor degree. Ms. O'Malley is licensed to practice law in North Carolina, the District of Columbia, Federal District Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. She joined Keel Law Offices in January 1995. She became a partner in the firm in 1998.

Susan is a North Carolina Bar Certified Specialist in Social Security Disability Law. She was one of the original board members of the North Carolina Bar's Social Security Disability Law Committee.

Susan has appealed and won social security disability cases in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina such as Joyner v. Barnhart. She argued and won Hines v. Barnhart before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. This case not only secured Social Security disability benefits for the plaintiff, but it also reaffirmed important rights of all Social Security claimants to prove their disability through evidence of the pain their impairments cause. She also argued Willey v. Williamson Produce successfully before the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Susan is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. As a member of NCATL she has been involved with the Disability Advocacy Section, as Education Chair, Vice Chair, and Chair. She has served on the Board of Governor's for NCATL. She is a member of the American Association for Justice. As a member of AAJ's Disability Law Section, she has been a newsletter editor and Chair. She is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives.