Susan D. Livingston
susan@deedlaw.com

Susan D. Livingston graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Finance in December 1981, after three and one-half years of study.  In 1985, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and was admitted to the Bar.

Ms. Livingston began her career with the law firm of Tarasi, Tighe, Tierney & Johnson, PC where she worked on all aspects of tort litigation.  In 1987, she worked with John A. Tumolo, Esquire, for whom she clerked while in law school.  While with Attorney Tumolo, Ms. Livingston was engaged in the general practice of law including corporate, domestic relations, real estate, tort litigation and estates.  Subsequent to that, she clerked with former President Judge William F. Cercone on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania where she primarily drafted proposed opinions and memoranda.  In 1991, Ms. Livingston worked for the law firm of Murphy Taylor, P.C., where she handled all aspects of insurance defense litigation.  When Ms. Livingston began at Murphy Taylor, she was primarily responsible for the litigation of a complex action involving the construction of an office tower.  She also was actively involved in pursuing matters in Arbitration and at Trial, including Trials to verdict before juries.  In January 1998, Ms. Livingston returned to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania as a Deputy Administration Clerk for the newly elected Judge Joan Orie Melvin.  Ms. Livingston used her prior experience with the Superior Court to assist in getting the chambers established.