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Susan is listed in The Best Lawyers in America publication in both the areas of medical malpractice and personal injury. She has received an AV rating (the highest professional rating)in the MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and was elected as the President (2009-2010), Vice-Presdent (2008-2009) and Secretary/Treasurer (2007-2008) of the Charleston Chapter. She is selected for inclusion in the South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. She is a member of the American Association for Justice (President's Club, Professional Malpractice Section and Birth Trauma Litigation Group, former Co-Chair Ethics Committee, State Liaison to Women Trial Lawyers Caucus), the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Bar Foundation, and served on the South Carolina Bar's Task Force on Civil Justice and the South Carolna Task Force on Courts (2006-2007). She is a member of the SC Bar, the Charleton County Bar Association (Executive Committee,1990-1992 and 2003-2004, Chair CLE Committee, 1989-1991 and 1995-1996), and the American Bar Association (Litigation Section). She also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina from 1985 through 1998. Susan is also a Circuit Court Mediator, certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Active in civic affairs, Susan was the year 2000 Chairperson for the Komen Charleston Race for the Cure, an affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and served on its board for many years. Susan also serves or has served on the boards of directors of the Hollings Cancer Center, Pro Bono Legal Services, Inc., the Charleston Civic Ballet, the Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of Girl Scouts of America, Inc., My Sister's House, Inc., Charleston Theatreworks, and Charleston Neighborhood Legal Assistance, Inc.

Susan cares about her clients and works hard to bring them justice. She has represented numerous people in medical malpractice claims and won one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the state. Her prosecution of a civil murder case in a federal court in Atlanta gained national attention in 1994 and was reported on national television. She has represented clients in a variety of matters including wrongful death claims, auto and trucking accidents, unfair trade practices, products liability claims, medical malpractice claims, commercial disputes, employment suits, and personal injury claims.

Guy J. Vitetta, originally from Philadelphia, PA, graduated from Ohio's Kenyon College with a B.A. in history and religion. As a community activist addressing consumer and environmental issues, Guy realized his most influential avenue for making a difference in the community was in the practice of law. He graduated from Capital University Law School in Columbus, OH in 1991. Clerking in the Death Penalty Section of the Ohio Public Defender Commission, Mr. Vitetta worked on appeals for Death Row inmates. For the next eleven years, he served as a Public Defender in Columbus, then in Charleston County, SC, before opening his private practice in Charleston, South Carolina.

Guy continues to hold an AV® Peer Rating, the highest given by Martindale-Hubbell, which was awarded in 2005.

Because of his reputation as an excellent criminal defense attorney, Vitetta Law Group continues to have an active criminal law practice in municipal, state, and federal courts. He continues to be one of the most experienced trial attorneys in the Charleston area.


After practicing family law for a year, Guy became motivated to find better ways of solving family disputes. He sought out alternatives and became the first attorney in South Carolina trained in Collaborative Law. He is a founding member and past president of the South Carolina Collaborative Law Institute. He is also a Certified Family Court Mediator in South Carolina and co-founder of the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston.

The Vitetta Law Group offers its clients tested and innovative representation in the areas of Family Law and Criminal Law in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties in South Carolina.

I formed the Seibert Law Firm, LLC to give quality and attentive family law and criminal defense representation to those in need in the lowcountry with the service and dedication that we all deserve.

I am a member of the South Carolina and Georgia Bar. After I graduated with honors from the University of Georgia, I attended Ave Maria School of Law where I was chosen to sit on the Moot Court Board. I was honored to serve as acting Law Clerk for Judge Reck in the Probate Court and 44th Circuit Court Family Division in Howell, Michigan. After graduating, I managed successful law firms that focused on family law and criminal defense matters in Lawrenceville, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina.

The Seibert Law Firm, LLC now offers quality client representation in family law, criminal defense, and general civil litigation in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties and the greater lowcountry area.