Attorney Susan Bodden of Marco Island, FL; cheating slacker

The state of Florida provided Susan M. Bodden with a law license in 2006 after she graduated from Nova Southeastern University School of Law.

FYI: Nova Southeastern is ranked as the 166th best law school in the country out of 202 ABA accredited schools.

The Florida State Bar found Suzie guilty of the following misconduct.

• Failed to include the mandatory arbitration clause in her fee agreement
• Failed to deposit costs collected into her trust account
• Improperly charged and collected credit card processing fees (cheater)
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to communicate with client
• Failed to safeguard client funds
• Charged and/or collected an excessive fee (cheater)
• Misconduct involved multiple offenses
• Refused to acknowledge wrongful nature of conduct

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Florida Supreme punished Suzie by gifting her with a complimentary 1-year suspension of her law license.

As we speak (ca. December 2019), Suzie practices in Marco Island, Florida.