Suellen WidemanSuellen Wideman is an experienced trial and appellate attorney, a former Senior Assistant Attorney General in Maryland, and a nationally active teacher of advocacy skills. For more than 25 years, she worked with Maryland regulatory agencies on healthcare issues, giving daily input that helped shape Maryland's evolving health care system and expand access to quality care for all state residents. Wideman successfully led Maryland's first prosecution for "unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" against an obstetrician/gynecologist who engaged in "consensual" sexual relationships with patients, and she played key roles in defending Maryland's physician-discipline regulatory framework and the state's expansion of cardiac surgery services. Her public-interest commitment was recognized with the Jennifer Lauterbach Robbins Award for "her zealous advocacy in the public interest and for her willingness to litigate any issue with intensity, creativity, and perseverance." She sharpened her teaching skills as a public defender in Nashville, Tennessee, and now lectures extensively on a wide range of lawyering topics, including fact investigation, negotiations, depositions, motions practice, supervisory skills, and trial advocacy. Wideman co-authored State v. Graves, a telemarketing fraud prosecution case file used by the National Association of Attorneys General for nationwide advocacy training, and she has led well over 100 advocacy skills programs for a national legal skills training provider. A native of Georgia, Wideman currently lives in Sewanee, Tennessee. She holds an LL.M. from Yale Law School and a J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Read More Read Less