Susan K. Smith,
Attorney, Mediator and Victim Advocate

Practice Areas

Curriculum Vitae
Admitted to Bar, Connecticut and U.S. District Courts, 1984.

Special Training and Activities
Mediation

• More 20 years experience in family law and mediation. Successfully mediated hundreds of divorce mediation cases.

• Has served as a Special Master, Family Court, Judicial District of Hartford

• Co-founder of the Collaborative Divorce Lawyers Association in Connecticut

• More the 140 hours of mediation and collaboration training, including peer review and mentoring.

• Publisher of on-line handbook: A Connecticut Divorce Primer

Special Training and Activities:
Advocacy and Remedies for Victims    

• 25 years experience representing victims in Civil suits and private civil settlements

• Testimony before the Connecticut legislature in support of the statute of limitation and other bills in support of victims

• Author of briefs in CT trial and appellate court in support of the Connecticut Statute of Limitations and other issues affecting victims

• Former Member, Board of Directors, Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Service (CONNSACS) (1993-1999)

• Member and Chair: Victims' Services Coordinating Council (1988-1992)

• 2009 - Honored for work on behalf of victims by the State Office of Victims Services

Publications:

• Chapter Author: A Practical Guide to Divorce in Connecticut, Chapter 7 "Child Support" (2014)

• Calafiore, F. and Smith, S. Collaborative Law – A New ADR Model for Family Law Cases, Nov. 2000 Connecticut Lawyer at 16.

• "Let the Master Answer: Imposing Liability on Employers for the Misconduct of 'Disobedient Servants,'" 13 CTLA FORUM 449 (Nov./Dec. 1995); cross published in CRIME VICTIMS LITIGATION QUARTERLY (Nov. 1995).

• "Admissibility of Other Victim Evidence," CRIME VICTIMS' LITIGATION QUARTERLY (Aug. 1995).

• "Civil Remedies for Survivors of Sexual Abuse: An Overview" CONNSACS Newsletter, October 1996.

• "Connecticut Appellate Court Upholds "Rape Shield Statute." CONNSACS Newsletter, April 1997.

• "Landlord Responsibility for the Criminal Acts of Third Parties," 14 CONN. L. REV. 843 (1982).

Memberships:

• Connecticut Bar Association

• Member and Co-founder, Collaborative Divorce Lawyers Association

• CBA Family Law Section

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There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~Anais Nin