SUSAN BOE has been practicing law since 1985 and joined the firm in 2010 as “of counsel.” She formerly was a partner at an international law firm headquartered in Minneapolis where she was a member of the banking and finance group. She also has been general counsel of a large real estate firm and assistant general counsel of a public insurance company.

Ms. Boe has experience in commercial and residential real estate, land development, banking, private and public finance, estate planning and probate, general corporate, small business formation/counseling and copyright and media law. For several years she taught media/communications law in the journalism department at the University of New Mexico and media ethics at the journalism graduate school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. She also has given photography law and art law seminars to various groups in the Santa Fe area.

Ms. Boe is a science journalism graduate of Iowa State University and before entering law school in 1982 worked for a number of years as a journalist at daily newspapers in Texas and as a public information officer for Ohio State University and the University of Texas. She received her law degree with highest distinction from the University of Iowa where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. She is admitted to practice law in Minnesota, Iowa and New Mexico.

Married and the mother of two adult sons and two adult stepsons, Ms. Boe is an avid photographer and enjoys reading, bicycling, cross-country skiing and hiking. She was president of the board of directors of the Youth Shelters in Santa Fe, has been a board member and officer of homeowners associations in the City Different and twice received the Pro Bono Award from the Iowa State Bar Association in recognition for her volunteer legal services to the homeless and the office of the Iowa Attorney General.