Susan Nauss Exon is a Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law. Professor Exon joined the College of Law in August 1999. Prior to coming to the College of Law, she served for four years as the Director of Law and Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside Extension, where she created and developed 89 new certificate courses and other special one-day seminars and conferences. Her development of an Endangered Species Act Symposium earned national recognition, receiving the University Continuing Education Association’s 1998 award for innovative programming in a noncredit course.

Professor Exon practiced law for six years, serving primarily as a defense litigator for Best, Best & Krieger, LLP. She handled all aspects of general business, civil, and public law litigation as she represented many southern California cities and other governmental entities. Her litigation experience focused on construction defects, real estate, business torts, unfair competition, trademarks and trade names, wrongful termination, civil rights, equal protection, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Professor Exon has an A.S.B. Degree as a Legal Assistant from Central Pennsylvania College, and a J.D. degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law, where she served on the staff of the Land and Water Law Review. In 2006, Professor Exon earned an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from the prestigious Straus Institute at Pepperdine University School of Law.

Professor Exon has published numerous law review and journal articles, focusing on mediation, civil procedure and ethics topics. Since June 2006, Professor Exon has served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Settle it Now Dispute Resolution Journal, an on-line publication.

Professor Exon is an active member of the California State Bar. She is also admitted in the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court, and the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California. She is an active member of the American Bar Association including its Dispute Resolution Section, the Federal Bar Association, the Riverside County Bar Association, and the Association for Conflict Resolution.

Professor Exon serves as the faculty advisor to the Egly Senate of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. She received the 2003-04 Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, International Award for Most Outstanding Professor of the Fraternity, a national award given to one professor each year.

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