She is Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law and has been working as a sole practitioner since 2014. Prior to opening her own firm, Susan was an Assistant Public Defender in the Ninth Judicial Circuit from 2009 through 2013. Since 2015, she has served as a Criminal Justice Act panel attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Orlando Division. Through the CJA panel Ms. Malove represents indigent defendants in federal court at the trial court level as well as on federal habeas petitions. In addition, Susan has continued to represent indigent defendants in Orange and Osceola County Circuit Courts on a court appointed basis through the Justice Administrative Commission.