Susan Carroll Picotte
888-352-3751
518-618-4082
Susan is a partner in the Albany firm, Cooper Erving & Savage LLP, where she has practiced through the firm's various incarnations since graduating from Albany Law School. While at the Law School, Susan was a member of the Law Review and the recipient of several academic scholarships. Susan is a magna cum laude graduate of Russell Sage College where she was elected to Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Epsilon. She is active in a number of Bar organizations: the Albany County Bar Association where she has served as Director, Officer and President, the New York State Bar Association where she has served as a Member of the House of Delegates and the Nominating Committee, the Estate Planning Council of Eastern New York, Inc. where she serves currently as a Director. In addition, Susan is a Fellow of the New York State Bar Foundation and chairs the Nominating Committee for the Third Judicial District.
Susan has served a number of community organizations including the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce, Inc. as counsel, Emma Willard School as Trustee, Albany Roundtable, University at Albany Foundation and Council of Community Services as Director. She has been named in Who's Who in American Law and other publications. Susan has concentrated in Trust and Estate Planning, Administration and Litigation and their relatives, Elder Law and Not-for-Profit organizations, for a number of years. Accordingly, she is a member of both the Trusts and Estates and Elder Law as well as the Business Corporation Sections of the State Bar. Susan is a frequent lecturer to community organizations and bar associations, both at the local and state levels.
Areas of Practice
- Estate and Trust Litigation
- Estate and Trust Planning and Administration
- Closely-Held Business
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1980
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1980
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
Education
- Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York
- J.D. - 1979
- Law Review: Albany Law Review, Member, 1977 - 1978
- Russell Sage College, Troy, New York
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1976
- Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
- Honors: Omicron Delta Epsilon
- Honors: Edna Sniffen Travis Award
- Major: Economics
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- Guardian ad Litem, New York State Bar Association, 2008
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, New York Bar Foundation, 1997 - Present
- Who's Who in American Women - 14th Edition
- Who's Who in American Law - 4th Edition
- Super Lawyers, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Albany County Bar Association (Director 1983-1988, Secretary 1989, Treasurer 1990, Vice President 1991, President-Elect 1992, President 1993), 1979 - Present
- New York State Bar Association, (House of Delegates 1992-1996), 1979 - Present
- Estate Planning Council of Eastern New York, Inc., (Director 2006-2012), 1990 - Present
Pro Bono Activities
- Counsel, Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce, 2002 - 2004
- Trustee, Emma Willard School, 1991 - 1995
- President / Director, Alumnae Assoc. Emma Willard School, 1981 - 1993
- Director, Albany Roundtable, Inc., 1990 - 2006
- Director, University Foundation at Albany, 1987 - 1991
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Kappa Phi


