Susan B. Gerson

Susan Gerson has been a member of Washington Hebrew Congregation for several years, having joined when her son Jacob began his studies at WHC’s Religious School.

Susan has served the United States Attorneys’ community for the past 15 years as in-house Counsel with the Executive Office for United States Attorneys at the Department of Justice, handling the full range of employment-, professionalism- and performance-related matters. Prior to joining the Justice Department, Susan was an employment lawyer and litigator at Morgan Lewis LLP. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in history and social thought and political economy.

In the wider community, Susan has been active in her son Jacob’s school, serving as Chair of Janney Elementary School’s local school advisory team and otherwise participating in Janney’s community-focused committees. Susan and Jacob live in Washington, D.C.