Susan S. Wagner, of counsel in the Birmingham office and Director of Professional Development for the Firm, devotes her practice primarily to appeals and business litigation in federal and state courts, including business torts, securities, antitrust, bankruptcy, professional malpractice, tax, real property, employment discrimination and shareholder derivative actions.
- State Author, Superseding and Staying Judgments: A National Compendium (2007)
- "Appeal Early and Often? Appellate Review of Nonfinal Orders in Alabama," 65 Ala. Law. 254 (2004)
- "Making Your Appeals More Appealing: Appellate Judges Talk About Appellate Practice," 59 The Alabama Lawyer 321 (1997)
- "Interlocutory Appeals," 20th Annual Federal Practice and Advocacy Seminar, 2005
- "Professionalism and Ethics in Appeals," Alabama Supreme Court's Fundamentals of Appellate Practice: Procedures and Professionalism, 2004
- "Better Writing: 60 Tips in 60 Minutes," Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting, 2004; Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ABICLE) Appellate Practice Seminar, 2004; and ABICLE Alabama Update Seminar, 2004
- "Review of Interlocutory Orders: A Roadmap," 2003 Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting and 2003 ABICLE Appellate Practice Seminar
- "Post-Judgment Motions," ABICLE Effective Motion Practice Seminar, 2000 and 2003
- "Appellate Practice," ABICLE Alabama Update Seminar, 2003
- Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers since 2008 (Appellate Law)
- Listed as among top 25 female attorneys in Alabama by Alabama Super Lawyers, 2008 and 2011
- Fellow – American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (2005)
- Member – Order of the Coif
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Appellate Law since 2007
- Adjunct Professor – University of Alabama School of Law, Litigation Drafting (2010)
- Clerk – The Honorable Sam C. Pointer, Jr., United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (1978 – 1979)
- Founding Chair – Alabama State Bar Appellate Practice Section
- Former Chair – Alabama State Bar Business Torts and Antitrust Section
- Recipient – 2004 Walter P. Gewin Award for Outstanding Service to the Alabama Bench and Bar in Continuing Education
- Member – American (Litigation Section, Council of Appellate Lawyers) and Birmingham Bar Associations
- Alabama, 1978
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
- U.S. Courts of Appeals, Sixth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits
- U.S. Tax Court
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1978
- Ohio University, B.A., 1975, summa cum laude