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Susan Bernhardt was born in New York, New York, on September 4, 1961. As a member of NMKB, her practice focuses on complex civil and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on business disputes, securities fraud, and partnership and corporate fiduciary duties. She has litigated cases in a number of state and federal courts and arbitration forums, including handling complex matters pending simultaneously in multiple courts, class actions, and shareholder derivative actions. Her experience includes both plaintiff and defendant representation. Susan was named to the list of Colorado Super Lawyers for 2007 and 2008, and as a Top 25 Female Colorado Super Lawyers for 2007.
Susan received her Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors from Swarthmore College, where she majored in Economics and minored in Mathematics. While at Stanford Law School, she was notes editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law. Susan was a finalist in Stanford's moot court competition and received the award for best brief from a panel that included United States Supreme Court Justice Byron White.
Following law school, Susan clerked for the Honorable Stanley A. Weigel, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She then practiced with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco for several years until she moved to Denver in 1990.
Susan has been a member of the Ethics Committee of the Colorado Bar Association since 1996, and currently serves as its Chair. She also serves as the editor of the Colorado Lawyer ethics column. She edited a special edition of the Colorado Lawyer devoted to ethics. She has spoken on conflicts of interest and other ethics issues for the Colorado Bar Association and Colorado Trial Lawyers Association at their annual conventions, the Business Law Institute, the Colorado Association of Corporate Counsel, and various other organizations.
Susan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and is Co-Chair of its Commercial Litigation Committee. She also has served on the Court Liaison Committee of the Faculty of Federal Advocates.
Susan is the author of the chapter on Technology and the Practice of Law in Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado: Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions (2d ed. 2005 and supplemented through 2007). She also authored "Motions to Dismiss: How to Count the Corners in a Complaint," Trial Talk, Vol. 48, April/May 1999; co-author of "Arbitration in Commercial Cases," Trial Talk, Vol. 41, September 1992; "Discovery in Commercial Litigation Cases," Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1993; and co-author of "Due Diligence in Life Insurance Selection," Probate and Property, March/April 1994.
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