Suzanne received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. She obtained her J.D. and graduated cum laude at Quinnipiac University. She is admitted to the Connecticut and Pennsylvania Bar Association. Suzanne has an expansive background in the industry and served for thirteen years as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In addition, she specialized in patent, family and equal employment opportunity law while running a successful private practice. Suzanne lives in Manassas with her husband and daughter. She enjoys reading, writing, gardening, genealogy, scrapbooking, and volunteer work with children.