Susan Knock Beck

Susan Knock Beck is an Of Counsel attorney for Thompson & Colegate's Appellate Department. Susan is certified as a Specialist in Appellate Law by The State Bar of California.

She graduated from Riverside Community College with Great Distinction in 1984 and became a paralegal in 1985. In 1996, as a single Mom of three, she joined Thompson & Colegate as a full time litigation paralegal and pursued upper division course work in the evenings for a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work at La Sierra University. Susan then attended the University of La Verne College of Law where she earned the Cali Awards for Torts and for Case Analysis and Legal Writing. She served as Senior Staff Writer and as Staff Editor for the Editorial Board of ULV's Journal of Juvenile Law, as well. During and following law school, Susan was a member of the Advisory Committee for the undergraduate Legal Studies Program at the University of La Verne. In that capacity, she participated in the University's successful efforts to acquire ABA approval for its Paralegal Program.