Susan Goodkind Wideman's Biography
Susan Goodkind Wideman, owner of the Wideman Law Center PC, began her elder law and disability rights practice in 2002. She currently serves over 1600 individuals and families throughout the Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan. Ms. Wideman is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Marquette County Bar Association, and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys. A graduate of the Thomas Cooley Law School, she has served on the boards of several senior-focused and state and community service organizations, including the Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging's State Advisory Council on Aging , the Marquette/Alger Alzheimer's Association Wraparound Program, and the Negaunee Township Planning Commission. A frequent presenter on "Ask the Lawyers" and the "Channel 6 Money Report," Ms. Wideman has had articles on elder law and estate planning issues appear in several local publications as well as authoring a section for the 2009 Institute of Continuing Legal Education about building an elder law practice.
Legal Experience
THE WIDEMAN LAW CENTER P.C.
Elder Law & Estate Planning
Marquette, Michigan
Owner
ANDERSON & WIDEMAN, P.C.
Elder Law & Estate Planning
Marquette, Michigan
Partner (10/98 - 4/02)
LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS J. HEIDEN
Corporate Law
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Associate (6/96 - 6/98)
GOIDOSIK & MORSE, P.C.
General Practice
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Associate (6/94 - 6/96)
SIXTY PLUS INC.
Elder Law & Estate Planning
Lansing, Michigan
Legal Intern (9/92 - 8/93)
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Federal Law; Research & Writing
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Law Clerk (1/92 - 6/93)
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Research & Writing
Lansing, Michigan
Legal Intern (7/93 - 12/93)
Education
THOMAS COOLEY LAW SCHOOL
Lansing, Michigan
Juris Doctor, January 1994
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca, New York
B.S. Design & Environmental Analysis, June 1978
Community Service, Publications and Professional Affiliations
- Vice Chairman, Commissioner, Marquette Commission on Aging
- Parliamentarian, Zonta International, Marquette Chapter
- Board Member, Citizens for Better Care
- Member, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
- Member, Marquette Bar Association
- Member, Michigan Bar Association
- Contributing Writer, Mature Citizen and U.P. Women
- Editor, Elder Law Section Newsletter, State Bar of Michigan
- Past Board Member, Superior Toastmasters
- Past Board Member, Alzheimer's Association, Marquette/Alger
