Susan H. Briggs

Susan H. Briggs is a shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and the Shareholder-in-Charge of the Charlotte office. As a Board Certified Specialist in workers’ compensation law and a trial lawyer, she concentrates her practice in the areas of workers’ compensation litigation and appellate practice. Ms. Briggs also has significant experience in mediation negotiations and advises clients on business risk management and strategy issues. She was selected to serve a one-year term on the McDonald's panel of National Coordinating Counsel. Furthermore, Ms. Briggs regularly teaches seminars regarding workers’ compensation law in North Carolina and claims investigation.

Ms. Briggs litigates cases before the North Carolina Industrial Commission and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina and the Cherokee Supreme Court, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Her memberships include:
 

• Appointment to the Advisory Council to the North Carolina Industrial Commission;
  
• Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators;
  
• North Carolina Association of Self-Insurers;
  
• National Association of Professional Women;
  
• Defense Research Institute (DRI) where she previously served as Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Substantive Law Group, former Marketing Director of the Steering Committee for DRI’s Diversity Committee, and Judicial Task Force appointment;
  
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys where she serves as a member of the Board of Directors and was a former Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Practice Group;
  
• Trucking Industry Defense Association;
  
• Associate of the Risk and Insurance Management Society; and
  
• Co-Chair of the Host Committee for the Solomon Group Empowerment Networking Conferences.