An attorney who trained to be a morgue technician has been suspended from practice for misrepresenting herself as an Ivy-league-educated physician.

Susan Friery, a former partner with New York-based plaintiffs law firm Kreindler & Kreindler, repeatedly told clients, colleagues, and opposing counsel that she had a medical degree from Columbia University, according to a decision from the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County in Massachusetts ordering the suspension.

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TLR Note:
Susan Friery joined the firm of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP in 1987, and “graduated” from Columbia medical school in 1988. “Dr.” Friery graduated from New York Law School in 1993. She is also a member of the bar in Washington D.C.

As such, it is clear that the firm was negligent by failing to verify the existence of a medical license.

The two-year suspension is highly suspicious, and is otherwise inconsistent with the proper administration of justice.

Hence, TLR will consider advancing a separate complaint against Friery with the bar of Washington D. C.

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January — Susan Friery, M.D., Esq.

Susan, a medical consultant and senior associate for Kreindler & Kreindler, handles a variety of mass disaster, personal injury, and medical malpractice litigation. She has worked on hundreds of 9/11 World Trade Center cases, as well as on the settlement for the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist plan bombing.

Susan loves yoga and volunteers at charities such as Habitat for Humanity.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, one of the nation’s leading plaintiff law firms, announced today the election of Dr. Susan Friery as a partner. Dr. Friery, previously an associate in the firm’s New York and Boston offices, is a Columbia University-trained medical doctor. She joined the firm in 1987 as a medical consultant, and focuses on general tort, medical malpractice, product liability and aviation litigation.

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Dr. Friery is one of only an estimated 2,500 medical doctor/attorneys in the nation, of which less than 100 are representing the rights of victims and their families at plaintiff law firms. Over the last 17 years Dr. Friery has brought her combined legal and medical expertise and skills to bear on hundreds of death and injury cases handled by Kreindler, the nation’s preeminent aviation law firm.

“Susan is an extraordinary attorney with a perspective few can boast,” said firm partner James P. Kreindler. “She understands the intricacies of our nation’s complex healthcare system, is an expert at analyzing victims’ injuries and causes of death, and recognizes how to assess the types and cost of care injured parties will face in their lifetimes. Susan is a terrific asset to the firm and we’re pleased to welcome her into our partnership.”

Dr. Friery works on dozens of the firm’s cases at any one time, and screens hundreds of other inquiries from prospective clients the firm receives each year. “Many of our clients do not have substantial financial means,” said Dr. Friery. “They suffer lifelong, catastrophic injury and face costly medical challenges resulting from the negligence of others. I’m particularly concerned with determining what kind of medical care they will need for the rest of their lives, and ensuring a medically-safe living environment for them. Unfortunately, it is too easy to get lost in the healthcare system, or to be compensated only for short-term needs without the long-term vision of the medical necessities and pain and suffering victims often face. We strive to ensure that doesn’t happen to our clients.”

Dr. Friery plays a substantial role in the injury, death and medical negligence cases of the firm. She coordinates and determines how to prove liability and damages in all of the cases, including those claiming failure to properly diagnose, surgical errors and other active commissions of malpractice by doctors, nurses and hospitals.

As one of the trial attorneys on Ruby v. Budget Rent a Car (2005), Dr. Friery helped Kreindler secure more than $20 million for its client, then the highest-ever New York State verdict in a personal injury case. Recently, she served as one of the two trial attorneys on Reis v. Volvo, a product liability case that resulted in a $8.75 million verdict for a then 56-year-old man who suffered an above-the-knee amputation when struck by a 1978 Volvo 340 that did not contain a clutch safety starter switch.

Dr. Friery received her medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1988, where she graduated in the top one percent of her class. She has special training and experience in forensic pathology and has worked at numerous New York hospitals as well as at the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office. She has served as an advisor and worked for the American Red Cross, the National Kidney Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the National Disaster Medical Response Teams.