Susan Hartmus Hiser

Practice Areas

Counseling and Advice

Employment Discrimination and Harassment

Employee Leaves and Accommodations

Litigation and Trials

Career

Susan Hiser is the managing partner of the Detroit office. She practices in the areas of labor and employment counseling, investigations and litigation on behalf of a variety of employers. Susan has over 30 years of experience counseling employers on various employment matters, such as discrimination and harassment, FMLA compliance, ADA accommodations, and disciplinary issues.

Susan regularly drafts and reviews employment contracts, personnel policies and employee handbooks and conducts in-house training on all areas of employment law, with a particular emphasis on harassment prevention. She is frequently called upon to conduct workplace investigations, both on behalf of her own clients and as an outside investigator, and serves as a Title IX hearing officer. Additionally, Susan represents employers in single and multi-plaintiff litigation filed in both state and federal courts, as well as in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, and the Department of Labor.

Professional Memberships

Immediate Past Chairperson of Labor & Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan; Member of American Bar Association and American Employment Law Council; Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Life Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation.

Publications

Contributing author, 'Employment Litigation in Michigan', FMLA Claims Chapter, 3rd ed (ICLE 2017); Columnist, Michigan Employment Law Letter, Asked and Answered Column.

Personal

University of Michigan (JD 1991); University of Michigan (BA with high distinction 1988).