Susan M. Hawks McClintic is known for giving practical, common sense advice without the legalese. Sue joined Epsten, APC, in October 1990 and became a shareholder in 1999. She has supervised the firm’s transactional law department since 2008, became a co-managing shareholder in August 2014 and was named managing shareholder of the firm in September 2021. Sue graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School and grew up in Nebraska.

Sue is active in the Community Association Institute (CAI) on the local and national level. For CAI National, Sue serves on the Board of Directors for the CAI Foundation for Community Association Research, is a member of the CAI Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, including working on a committee to develop an M400 course, and is a past member of the CAI Case Law Review Committee. Sue also serves as a CAI San Diego Treasurer, serves on the CAI San Diego Education Committee, and has served in the CACM committee.

During her more than thirty year career in community association law, Sue has developed a special expertise in document interpretation, amendments, and restatements. Sue speaks regularly throughout the Community Association industry, and she is a fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL).