Susan Lynch
2020 ALI Fellow
Prior to ALI, Susan Lynch spent 20 years at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) where she led healthcare fraud prosecutions and elder justice policy work. She is the DOJ prosecution lead for all federal civil long-term care quality prosecutions and, as senior trial counsel for elder justice, she founded and was the national lead for the department’s ten regional elder justice task forces, comprised of cross-sector, multi-disciplinary teams which combat financial exploitation and elder abuse, and conduct elderly outreach. Susan also served as senior lead on all rural and tribal issues related to elder abuse and exploitation, and has devoted years of service to the Native American population in South Dakota through the nonprofit ReMember Organization at Pine Ridge.