Susan Saab Fortney
Susan Saab Fortney is Associate Editor of the Legal Malpractice Law Review responsible for Texas materials. She is the co-author of LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW: PROBLEMS and PREVENTION (Thomson/West, 2008), the first law school level casebook in the field. Susan is a prolific author whose many articles have appeared in law reviews and scholarly journals throughout the country. Susan serves as the Paul Whitfield Horn Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Texas Tech University School of Law, where she teaches a full semester course on Legal Malpractice. She has conducted empirical studies on law firm ethics and liability, works with the American Bar Association’s Center for Professional Responsibility publication, “The Professional Lawyer”, serves on the Supreme Court of Texas Task Force on the Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
Before entering academe full time, Susan practiced in the public and private sectors where she developed expertise in securities and corporate matters, legal malpractice and directors and officers liability. Susan has earned recognition for her outstanding contributions as a teacher, scholar and public servant. The Texas Lawyer recently selected her as one of the Thirty Extraordinary Women in Texas Law.
Susan received her B.A. (1974) from Trinity University, her J.D. (1977) from Antioch School of Law, her LL.M (1992) and her J.S.D. (1997) degrees from Columbia University School of Law.
