Suzanne Mayes

Practice Areas

Suzanne focuses her practice on municipal and project finance, particularly in the areas of economic development, transportation, public works, education, senior living, and housing. She serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, and disclosure counsel to a wide range of governmental, for-profit, and not-for-profit clients. She is a fellow in the American College of Bond Counsel and a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the Philadelphia Accelerator Fund. Suzanne was selected as a 2020 Freda Johnson Trailblazing Woman in Public Finance by The Bond Buyer and Northeast Women in Public Finance.

Career

Chair, Public & Project Finance Practice Group, Cozen O’Connor; Co-Chair, Business Law Department, Cozen O’Connor; Member, Board of Directors, Management Committee, Cozen O’Connor

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

American College of Bond Counsel

Former Member, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia Board of Directors

Former Member, Forum of Executive Women Board of Directors

Former Member, Manor College Board of Trustees

Former Member, Mount Saint Joseph Academy Board of Directors

Former Member, Ladies First Board of Directors

Former Member, Redevelopment Authority of Montgomery County

Former Member, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Directors

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Former Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates

Philadelphia Bar Association

Philadelphia Accelerator Fund Board of Directors

Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation Board of Directors

Personal

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991; Fairfield University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1988