SUSAN G. CLARK, ESQ.  Susan G. Clark was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved with her family to Berea, Ohio when she was thirteen. Upon graduation from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, she began her professional career as a special educator in the Cincinnati area teaching high school students with learning disabilities and later, those with severe emotional disturbance in the Berea City Schools. While teaching, she earned her Master’s Degree in Educational Administration and Instructional Services at Xavier University. She has held a number of administrative positions in the public schools of southwestern Ohio both at the building and central office level and has worked with the Positive Education Program. In 1997, Ms. Clark earned a Ph.D. in Educational Administration at Kent State University and produced an award-winning dissertation. She earned her law degree from the University of Akron McDowell School of Law in 2005. While at law school, she earned the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in 2004 for highest academic performance in trial advocacy and in 2005 for juvenile law. Ms. Clark has been of counsel with Pepple & Waggoner since November, 2005. Ms. Clark is a member of the Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys as well as the Ohio State, Akron and Cleveland Bar Associations. Ms. Clark is licensed to practice in all state courts in Ohio and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Ms. Clark is also an associate professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at the University of Akron where she teaches school law, disability law, and other leadership and management courses for practicing and prospective school leaders. Ms. Clark has numerous journal articles and book chapters published in the area of special education and school law and is a frequent speaker at local, state, and national conferences, including as an invited speaker at the Education Policy Roundtable at Oxford University, Oxford, England. Email: sclark@pepple-waggoner.com |
