Suzanne Reynolds
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Suzanne Reynolds (born 1949 in Lexington, North Carolina) is a law professor at Wake Forest University. In 2007, she announced her intention to run for the North Carolina Supreme Court seat held by incumbent Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. in the 2008 election.
Reynolds graduated with a bachelor's degree from Meredith College in 1971, with an M.A. degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1976, and with a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1977. From her law school graduation until she accepted a position at WFU, Reynolds worked at the Greensboro law firm of Smith Moore Smith Schell & Hunter. In 1978, she married Robert M. “Hoppy” Elliot, also an attorney.
Professor Reynolds won the Governor's Distinguished Woman of North Carolina for Education in 1998, the Gwyneth B. Davis Award for Public Service by the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys in 1996, and the Joseph Branch Teaching Excellence award from Wake Forest Law School in 1994. Her publications include the three-volume treatise, Lee's North Carolina Family Law.
