F. Susannah Collins
Attorney / Author
Areas of Practice
- Dissolution of Marriage
- Child Timesharing
- Child Support
- Alimony
- Temporary Needs
- Establishment of Paternity
- Relocation
- Modifications and Enforcements
- Domestic Violence Injunctions
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Step-parent Adoptions
- Ante-Nuptial Agreements
- Post-Nuptial Agreements
Education
Episcopal High School Jacksonville Florida 1988
Converse College Spartanburg South Carolina B.A. History/ B.A. English/ Minor French/ Concentration Russian & European History circa World War II 1992
Florida Coastal School of Law Jacksonville, Florida
Juris Doctor 2002
Bar Admissions
2002 American Bar Association
2002 Jacksonville Bar Association
2009 U.S. Middle District; Fourth Judicial Circuit Bar
Legal Experience
Attorney in Florida Family Law Litigation: to include Dissolution of Marriage, Child Support, Timesharing, Alimony, Equitable Distribution, Enforcement and Modification proceedings as well as Domestic Violence Litigation: to include Injunctions against Domestic Violence, Repeat Violence.
The Law Office of F. Susannah Collins, P.L.L.C. Jacksonville, Florida Managing Member 2009 – 2014Attorney in Florida Family Law Litigation: to include Dissolution of Marriage, Child Support, Timesharing, Alimony, Equitable Distribution, Enforcement and Modification proceedings as well as Domestic Violence Litigation: to include Injunctions against Domestic Violence, Repeat Violence.
The Law Office of David Craig Calley, P.A. Jacksonville, Florida Associate Attorney 2007 – 2009Attorney in Florida Family Law, Trusts, Probate, Wills & Estates and Contract Law
The Florida Family Law Criminal Research Group, P.L.L.C. Jacksonville, Florida Managing Member 2002 – 2007Attorney specializing in Florida Criminal Law
Memberships
Florida Bar Association Family Law Section 2019 – present
Committee Member: Domestic Violence Committee, Children’s
Issues Committee & Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.
Florida Family Law American Inns of Court 2011 – present
Executive Board 2013 – 2014
Barrister 2017 – present
Missing Link of Jacksonville 2017 – present
Vice President of the Executive Board 2018 – present
Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association 2003 – present
Executive Board Member 2011 – 2016
President of the Board 2014 – 2015
Jacksonville Bar Association 2002 – present
Director of Continuing Legal Education 2012 – 2013
Co-Director of Continuing Legal Education 2014 – 2015
Co-Chair of the Family and Children Section 2013 – 2015
Chair of the Family and Children Section 2015 – 2016
Florida Association of Women Lawyers
Member 2003 – present
Chapter Representative 2013 – 2014
Awards
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Pro Bono Service Award 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Florida Association of Women Lawyers – Florida Statewide Leader Award 2013 and 2014
Volunteerism
Westside Soccer Club, Soccer Coach 2003 – 2012
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid 2008 – present
Attorney Ad Litem 2015 – present
Justice Teaching Volunteer 2014 – 2016