Susan has been passionately defending clients since 1994. She is known for her persistence and perseverance.

She started her career as an assistant public defender. In that capacity, she tried multiple jury trials as lead counsel defending individuals charged with offenses ranging from misdemeanors to first degree murder.

Twenty years ago, Susan joined forces with Yery Marrero to form Marrero Bozorgi PL (now Bozorgi Law PLLC), a firm dedicated to representing individuals and corporations under investigation or charged in a criminal or regulatory matter, with an emphasis on white-collar offenses. Yery left the firm in 2019 when she was elected as a Circuit Court Judge for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit for the State of Florida.

Susan has extensive experience in federal court, where she has been lead counsel and defended clients charged by the United States Government with offenses including Medicare fraud, pharmaceutical fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, mortgage fraud, bank fraud, security fraud, money laundering, drug conspiracies, aggravated identity theft crimes, tax offenses, Hobbs act violations, and firearm offenses. She has litigated in both state and federal courts throughout the country and has tried over 75 jury trials.

She has experience representing professionals from all business sectors, including lawyers, doctors, executives, and politicians who are facing either the possibility of a criminal charge or have been formally charged. Susan also has experience representing clients before the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory bodies.

Susan prides herself on being a defense attorney through and through. She has never prosecuted a person. Rather, by choosing to focus strictly on providing a powerful defense, Susan has acquired deep experience that would have been impossible to develop if she had divided her time and energy. She made a commitment to represent those either threatened with being criminally accused or who are facing criminal accusations and has devoted her career to it. Susan believes the passion, perspective and track record of success that she brings to each case reflect that singular purpose.

In the last decade, Susan has increased her leadership role in the criminal defense field. She is currently the Global Vice-Chair and Co-Chair of the Florida Chapter for the Women White Collar Defense Association. She previously has held leadership roles on the board for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and as co-chair of the Defense Function Committee for the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association. She has also committed herself to supporting women in the field as founder of the Women Criminal Defense Attorneys Blog (WCDA Blog).

Susan is individually ranked in both Chambers USA and in Best Lawyers for White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations. The Firm is also ranked in Chambers USA for its work in the field. Susan is also AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Education

• B.A., American University, 1991

• J.D., cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 1994

Admissions

• Florida

• District of Columbia

• Illinois

• New York

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Associations

• Women White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), Global Vice-Chair, 2018 – present

• WWCDA, Co-Chair of Florida Chapter, 2013-present

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Board of Directors, 2012 – 2015

• NACDL, Membership Committee, 2012-2015

• NACDL, Women’s Initiative Committee Chair and Co-Chair, 2012-2015

• Defense Function Committee, ABA Criminal Justice Section, 2014-2018

• Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), Miami Chapter, current member and past board member

• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, current member

• Criminal Justice Act Panel Member for SDFL, 2001-2012

• Florida Bar Grievance Committee, 1999-2003

• National Criminal Defense College, graduate, 1997
  

PUBLICATIONS & LECTURES

• Moderator, ABA, 35th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, Trial Skill I, October 2021

• Panelist, Florida Association for Women Lawyers, The First Chair, Part One of the Taking The First Chair Series, January 27th, 2021

• Panelist, Lawline, Ethical Internal Investigations: Protecting the Company, the Individual and Yourself Webinar, December 3, 2020

• Panelist, Federal Bar Association, The Path to Legal Entrepreneurship for Minorities: Raising Awareness and Raising the Ceiling – Challenges and Opportunities, August 2020

• Panelist, ABA, 34th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, Trial Skills II Webinar, June 2020

• Panelist, Dade County Bar Association Bench and Bar, Women in Criminal Law, April 2019

• Panelist, NACDL 15th Annual White Collar Seminar, Off Ramps from the Prosecution Highway: Direction for Successful Plea Bargaining, October 2019

• Panelist, NACDL 14th Annual White Collar Conference, The Work Product Doctrine and Internal Investigations, November 2018

• Moderator, ABA 32nd Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, Women in the First Chair in High-Profile White Collar Cases, March 2018

• Faculty, White Collar Criminal Defense College, Stetson University, March 16-19, 2017

• Panelist, UM Steve Chaykin Ethics Conference, May 2015

• Moderator, NACDL conference on Importance of Mentoring, May 2014

• Panelist, ABA 28th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, Women in White Collar in Today’s Global Corporate Community, March 2014

• Panelist, Philadelphia Institute, Health Care Fraud, 2014

• Panelist, University of Miami White Collar Crime, 2014

• Panelist, University of Miami School of Law, Women in Law, 2011

• Panelist, Surviving the Miami Model, University of Miami Conference, 2005

• Guest lecturer, University of Miami School of Law

• Legal commentator, CNN Legal Briefs