SUZANNE A. TOLLEFSON

Suzanne A. Tollefson graduated with honors from University of California, Los Angeles, in 1984, with a Bachelors of Arts in English. She received her Juris Doctor from University of California, Hastings School of the Law in 1990. Her experience as a Deputy City Attorney, prosecuting public nuisance actions and counseling public utilities for the City and County of San Francisco, led to her interest in construction litigation, as well as a published opinion (City and County of San Francisco v. Daley (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 734). Suzanne represented developers, design professionals and subcontractors as an associate with Gordon & Rees in San Francisco, before relocating to Sacramento in 1998. As Trial Attorney with Vitale & Lowe, staff counsel for Zurich North America, Suzanne defended multi-million dollar defect actions often involving mold-related bodily injury claims. Suzanne joined MYM in 2008, as Of Counsel, where she specializes in construction business and defect litigation.
Suzanne wrote this article for the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Image Magazine (December 2011/January 2012)