Ms. Suttmann was admitted to the California State Bar, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in 2012. Ms. Suttmann received her B.A. degree in English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and earned her J.D. in 2012 from Santa Clara University School of Law. While at Santa Clara, she was inducted to the Order of the Coif, served on the Santa Clara Law Review as the Technical Editor, and was Co-President of the Tax and Estate Planning Society.