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Suzanne Chapman

Of Counsel
(843) 614-0152
schapman@ethridgelawgroup.com

Suzanne focuses her practice on civil litigation and pre-litigation dispute resolution. She primarily handles construction defect, personal injury, and insurance coverage and bad faith claims. Suzanne has been named a South Carolina Rising Star® by Super Lawyers® in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Suzanne was a founding member and Partner at Ethridge Law Group until she transitioned to Of Counsel in 2021 to pursue teaching full time. Currently, Suzanne is a faculty Professor at the Charleston School of Law. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and volunteered as a Rape Crisis Advocate with Tri-County SPEAKS (formerly People Against Rape). Since graduating from law school, she has remained active in the advocacy programs at the Charleston School of Law by serving as a Moot Court coach and as a Co-Chair of the Charleston School of Law’s Advocates Fund.

Suzanne graduated from the Charleston School of Law, magna cum laude, where she served on the Executive Board of the Law Review and received the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Excellence In Trial Advocacy Award. Suzanne has been named a Presidential Scholar by the Medical University of South Carolina and has received the Charleston School of Law’s Giving Back Award for Outstanding Efforts in Public Service and Leadership. Prior to law school, Suzanne earned her Masters degree, summa cum laude, in English Rhetoric and Composition (2010) and her Bachelors degree, summa cum laude, in English Literature from Salisbury University (2008).