Prior to joining Arent Fox, Susie spent several years with the largest public agency health plan in the nation, where she advised top leadership on regulatory and strategic issues, negotiated and prepared contracts, and provided legal services on a variety of health care and business matters, involving Medi-Cal managed care, business arrangements, the health care safety net, public agency considerations, and legislative topics. Prior to this experience, Susie worked in the legal department of a major medical center, and has experience in national law firms in their health care regulatory and business practice groups.

Susie is also a registered nurse. Prior to practicing law, she served as Team Leader in the Adult Surgical Unit, and also practiced in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, of a world-class academic medical center in Los Angeles.