Susan Van Dusen has practiced as a criminal defense attorney since 1980. She and her former law partner the late Albert J. Krieger gained a national reputation representing individuals and corporations in complex federal conspiracy, money laundering, and racketeering prosecutions, and other government enforcement matters, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proceedings. She has extensive jury trial experience and has litigated matters throughout the United States and in multiple foreign jurisdictions.

Susan is a long time Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and the American Bar Association. She also serves as the Co-Chair of the Lawyers’ Assistance Strike Force for the NACDL and a faculty member of the Trial Skills Academy of the Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy, and has published and lectured extensively throughout the country on issues of ethics and trial advocacy.

For many years, Susan has been individually ranked in both Chambers USA and in Best Lawyers for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. She has been AV-Rated in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory since 1990, and has received numerous commendation awards from NACDL, and was nominated in 1998 for The National Law Journal’s “List and Profiles of The Top 50 Women Civil and Criminal Lawyers in the United States.” Susan was also one of 5 criminal defense attorneys (and the only woman) chosen, in 1997, by the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to receive its “Annual Superstar” award. In 2003, Susan was selected to serve as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Task Force on the Right To Counsel.

Susan’s experience extends internationally where she is a Fellow of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague, a member of the Association of Defense Counsel admitted to Practice before the Tribunal, and a member of the Bar of the International Criminal Court, International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association.

Education

• B.A., Cum Laude, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin (1968)

• Graduate, Institute on International & Comparative Law, Paris, France (1975)

• J.D., Cum Laude, University of Detroit School of Law (1977)

CLERKSHIP

• Hon. Judge Patricia J. Boyle, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-1980

  Admissions

• Florida

• Michigan

• United States Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

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

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

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

• U.S. District Court, Colorado

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

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

• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

Associations

• Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

• Co-Chair of the Lawyers Assistance Strike Force, NACDL

• Co-Chair of the Lawyers Assistance Strike Force, NACDL

• Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), Member, Miami Chapter

• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section

• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague (Member, Association of Defense Counsel admitted to Practice before the Tribunal)

• International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association (Member, Bar of the International Criminal Court)

  Publications & LECTURES

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Is Two Too Many?, American Bar Association National Institute on Criminal Defense and Prosecution (1984)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, The Lawyer, The Client, and The New Law, Vol. 22, American Criminal Law Review (1985)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Friendly Fire and Casualties of the War on Crime, Loyola Law Review (1996)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Really, A Docu-Drama—The Art of Storytelling in a Trial, Cross Examination Techniques Book, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, New York, New York (2003)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Criminal Defense As Reality TV, Creative Solutions To Difficult Cases, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Portland, Oregon (2005)

• Krieger & Van Dusen, Thoughts On Preparing A Criminal Case Or One Way To Get There From Here, Utah National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah (February, 2008)