Suzanne Reynolds, a law professor at Wake Forest University School of Law, has taught and written about family law and other subjects for 26 years. Before teaching, she practiced civil litigation with the law firm of Smith Moore Smith Schell and Hunter in Greensboro, NC.

A Lexington, NC, native, Suzanne received her B.A. from Meredith College, an M.A. in English and journalism from UNC-CH, and her J.D. from Wake Forest law school. While on the faculty at Wake Forest, she was a principal drafter of statutes that modernized the law of both alimony and of adoption, and she co-founded a domestic violence program that received national recognition by the ABA for providing legal assistance to the poor.

Suzanne wrote the 3-volume treatise on North Carolina family law that has become the authoritative source for law students, lawyers, and judges. She was recognized by the NC Association of Women Attorneys in 1996 with the Gwyneth B. Davis award for Public Service and by Governor Hunt in 1998 with a Distinguished Woman of the Year award.