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Suzanne Schwab-Radcliffe

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Biography

Suzanne Radcliffe is an attorney with decades of experience in family law, helping clients through divorce, custody, and child support issues, as well as adoption and paternity cases. She also does Probate law, helping clients with wills, living wills, medical power of attorney and probating wills in Court. Suzanne is most proud of her work in helping children in abuse and divorce cases and the recognition she has received for doing this work.

Current Employment Position

  • Attorney

Past Positions

  • Galveston County District Attorney's Office, Chief, Family Law Division, Assistant District Attorney
  • Former Associate Judge, 306th District Court, Galveston Co. 1997-2013

Professional Associations

  • Galveston County Bar Association, Protective Orders, 1995 - Present

Classes & Seminars

  • Lecturer, Protective Orders & Family Violence, Galveston County Law Enforcement Agencies, 1994
  • Galveston County Family Ad Litem Seminar, 1995
  • Family Violence Conference, Texas Council, 1995
  • Family Violence, Area Health Education Center Conference, 1995 - 1997

Practice Areas

  • Divorce
  • Wills
  • Mediation
  • Adoption
  • Child Custody
  • Child Support Issues
  • Paternity Issues

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Legal Mandates in the Court Systems for Children, CASA Program, Galveston County, 1995 - 1996

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1991

Education

  • St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas
    • J.D. - 1991
  • Texas Christian University
    • B.A. - 1988

Honors

  • Recognition for Outstanding Service to Children of Texas
  • Galveston County Citizen of the Year
  • Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Outstanding Service Award, Victims of Family Violence, 1993, awarded by Galveston County Resource & Crisis Center
  • Outstanding Young Lawyer's Award, Galveston County, 1994 - 1995, awarded by Galveston County Bar Association
  • Lecturer: Protective Orders & Family Violence, Galveston County Law Enforcement Agencies, 1994
  • Galveston County Family Ad Litem Seminar, 1995; Protective Orders, Galveston County Bar Association, 1995
  • Family Violence Conference, Texas Council, 1995
  • Family Violence, Area Health Education Center Conference, 1995 - 1997
  • Legal Mandates in the Court Systems for Children, CASA Program, Galveston County, 1995 - 1996
  • Associate Judge, 306th District Court, Galveston County
  • Assistant District Attorney, Chief, Family Law Division, Galveston County District Attorney's Office, 1992 - 1997
  • Recipient, Outstanding Service Award, Victims of Family Violence