Biography.

Suzan Herskowitz was raised in The Bronx, New York. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington and Texas Tech University School of Law. Ms. Herskowitz has been practicing law for more than 20 years and is licensed in Virginia, West Virginia, Florida and Texas. She has been a resident of Frederick County, Virginia since 2000.

In addition to being a sole practitioner with an emphasis on wills, trusts, estate planning, real estate and business planning, Ms. Herskowitz has utilized her law school education in numerous, diverse ways. She has been a law librarian at Nova Southeastern University School of Law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a professor at a junior college and an editor for a publisher of legal books.

Ms. Herskowitz has authored a number of legal books (see list below). Legal Research Made Easy (4th edition, Sourcebooks) and Wills, Trusts and Estate Administration (2nd edition textbook, Prentice Hall) are currently in print. The 2nd edition of Legal Research Made Easy was recommended by Library Journal and highly recommended by the National Association of Legal Assistants' Facts and Findings. In 1995, portions of the book were translated into Russian for the American Legal Consortium.

Suzan Herskowitz lectures frequently on estate planning and other topics of interest. She has been featured on WACV, a Montgomery, Alabama radio show and on the Phil Grandy Show on WQAM, a Sarasota, Florida Station. She was also featured on Tampa's FOX affiliate. Ms. Herskowitz has been profiled in various print media including the Palm Beach Post, the Stuart (Florida) News and Investor's Business Daily. Most recently she was featured on The River's Valley Business Today (95.3 FM).

Wills, Trusts and Estate Administration, 2nd ed. (Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall 2006).

Legal Research Made Easy, 4th ed. (Napier, IL: Sourcebooks 2006). Co-authored with James E. Duggan.

Attorney Responsibilities and Client Rights (Napier, IL: Sourcebooks 2003).

Commentary, "'Lawyer-Librarians in Public Law Schools': Too Many Unanswered Questions," 85 Law Library Journal 205 (1993).

Legal Research Made Easy, 3rd ed. (Napier, IL: Sourcebooks 2002).

Wills, Trusts and Estate Administration (Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall 2001).

Legal Research Made Easy, 2nd ed. (Napier, IL: Sourcebook 1998).

Child Support Collection (Deerfield Beach, FL: EZ Legal Forms Inc. 1996) [a legal guide].

Child Support Collection (Deerfield Beach, FL: EZ Legal Forms Inc. 1996) [a legal kit].

Legal Malpractice and Other Claims Against Your Lawyer (Napier, Il: Sourcebooks 1996) [formerly Sphinx Publishing, Clearwater, FL].

Legal Research Made Easy (Napier, IL: Sourcebooks 1995) [formerly Sphinx Publishing, Clearwater, FL].

Wills for Florida: How to Make Your Own Will (Bellingham, WA: Self Counsel Press, 1993).