Shankman, Neil S.

Suzanne, a native of Columbus, Ohio, was graduated summa cum laude from the University of Cincinnati in 1978 with an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Quantitative Analysis.  She earned her law degree from Ohio State University in 1981 and was licensed to practice law in Ohio in the same year.  She moved to Delaware in 1984 and was licensed to practice law in Delaware in 1991.  After moving to Delaware she worked for E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc., then served as a Deputy Attorney General in the criminal division of the Delaware Attorney General’s Office from 1990 to 1996.

She left the Attorney General’s office to join a colleague in private practice focusing on Family Law.  Since then she has developed experience in elder law, especially guardianships, and, more recently in assisted reproductive technology law, helping clients create families.

Suzanne is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA), the American Bar Association, the ABA assisted reproductive technology committee of the Family Law Section, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.  She was chairperson of the Committee on the Law and the Elderly for the DSBA from 2002 to 2004, and serves on the Division of Family Services Advisory and Advocacy Council and the Delaware Guardianship Commission.

Suzanne regularly gives presentations about family and elder law issues (for lawyers and the general public) for such organizations as the Delaware State Bar Association, the ABA Family Law Section, the Family Law Institute, the Alzheimer’s Association, and in the past, the Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc.  She was previously a certified public accountant.