Susanne Gustin

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Susanne Gustin

5.0
Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 34 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Salt Lake City, UT
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Sex Crime

Susanne Gustin, Attorney at Law, 299 Main St #1300, Salt Lake City, UT

About Susanne

Biography

An Experienced, Aggressive and Successful Criminal Defense Attorney on your side. Free Consultation.

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense 95%

95%
Sex Crime 5%

5%

Fees and Rates

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Awards

Client's Choice
Client's Choice
2021 2020 2019
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+ 4
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating

Licenses

Licensed in Utah for 34 years

State: Utah

Acquired: 1991

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Susanne Gustin

Susanne Gustin, Attorney at Law, 299 Main St #1300, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111

susannegustinlaw.com

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Susanne Gustin's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

5.0 /5.0

101 Client Reviews

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Posted by Bo | September 23, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Most amazing lawyer you can have!

Susanne Gustin is the best lawyer that anyone could ever have. She has won all of my cases that she has taken on and multiple others that could have sent people to prison for life. She cares about each client personally and works with all of her clients after hours which is extremely helpful when... you are working during the day. I would recommend her to anyone and everyone who is looking for a great lawyer.

Posted by Melissa - WPB Florida | September 12, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

When it Matters Most - Experience with Professionalism

If you're reading this review, like me, there's an issue and you just cannot afford to have another bad decision. I found Suzanne, like you from these replies. I am in Florida and needed someone in Utah ASAP for my 18yo Step Daughter. Results can never be guaranteed, but she was confident the ...matter could be resolved with minimum life altering consequences. I found Suzanne to be comforting (crazy frantic parents we were) and always ready to communicate on the issue. At the end of the experience, she was able to handle the matter with far greater results than we could have imagined. All I can say is if you are reading this comment, and based on my experience, she will be thorough, honest and communicate. I can highly recommend Suzanne to assist in any matter.

Posted by anonymous | September 01, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

She got me the best results possible!

I had my hearing at the Holladay Justice Court. Susanne was great to work with and got me great results. My case was originally filed as a felony but it got reduced to a class B misdeameanor in addition to no jail time. She has good working relationships with the DA and Judge and seemed very well re...spected. She takes her clients very seriously and works on their behalf. She was easy to get in contact with while I even spoke to her while she was on a trip out of the states. I have used Susanne three times now all with excellent results.

Posted by anonymous | August 31, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Best Case Senario

Ms. Gustin helped me with my first time offense, a drug possession and paraphenelia charge. I was charged with a misdemeanor A and a misdemeanor B. Susanne Gustin worked very hard to convince the persecutor to reduce my charges to a plea of abeyance with probation of two years. This I believe was mos...t likely the best outcome of the situation. I was very impressed and pleased with my choice to hire Ms. Gustin.

Posted by Jill | August 16, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Great Lawyer- Amazing Woman

Susanne is an honest, trustworthy woman- she helped our family so much!! We can't thank her enough! She kept in touch and let us know every step of the way what we would be dealing with. I live thousands of miles away and as hard as it was not to be there- I knew we were in good hands!! The best!

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Susanne Gustin's Lawyer Endorsements

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Jonathan Jemming

Criminal defense lawyer | Nov 30

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Susanne Gustin is a leader in the legal community and a zealous advocate. She is also simply a good person. I wholeheartedly endorse her."

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Brent Huff

Criminal defense lawyer | Mar 24

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Susanne is always in the courtroom and very effective with prosecutors and judges."

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Thomas Weber

Sex crime lawyer | Aug 21

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I'm a full time criminal defense lawyer. I always find Susanne's insights and advice to be thorough and deep. I have seen her perform legal maneuvers that I had previously considered to be impossible. Excellent."

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Aaron Nielson

Sex crime lawyer | Jul 31

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Susanne is an amazing attorney and teacher. I've had the opportunity to hear her lecture on how attorneys should be handling cases. She is as close to an expert in defending sex crimes as anyone can be. I specifically look for cases Susanne is handling in court because she has a way of finding ways to win on the most difficult of cases."

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Walter Bugden

Criminal defense lawyer | Feb 10

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Suzanne is an experienced trial lawyer. She wins acquittals for her clients. She handles tough cases and doesn't back down. Juries like her."

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Edward Flint

Criminal defense lawyer | Jan 19

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Susanne Gustin as one of the top criminal defense attorneys in Utah. A jury trial lawyer with vast experience and a ready willingness to take on the most difficult cases, and win."

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Jonathan Nish

Criminal defense lawyer | Nov 19

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Ms. Gustin is one of the finest attorneys I've ever had the pleasure to work with. I've seen her win cases that seemed impossible at the outset. She is honest, charming and respected by all of her peers. There is no doubt that I would recommend her to anybody who asked."

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Ryan Jensen

Unknown lawyer | May 11

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Sean Druyon

Criminal defense lawyer | Aug 26

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I worked with Susanne on the McNeil murder trial last year in Provo. She and Randy Spencer were the lead attorneys and were absolute rock stars, calmly handling the first case in Utah to ever permit the press in the courtroom. She was smooth, under control, focused, and effective. She has done many other high profile cases so she is able to handle high pressure situations with grace and with competence. But don't let her good looks throw you...she can be a pitbull when she needs to be! Go Susanne!"

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Roger Kraft

Criminal defense lawyer | Jun 26

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Susanne and I have co-counseled several serious criminal matters together and if it were me charged with a crime she'd be the first person I'd call."

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Russell Pietryga

Criminal defense lawyer | Jan 08

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Andrew Deiss

Criminal defense lawyer | Dec 04

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I have worked with Susanne on several criminal defense matters. She is very smart, aggressive, and always puts the client's interests first. She is an excellent lawyer."

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Catherine Cleveland

Criminal defense lawyer | Nov 04

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Josie Brumfield

Unknown lawyer | Sep 19

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Glen Cook

Criminal defense lawyer | Jul 23

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Susanne is an intelligent, hard working attorney who cares."

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Jonathan Jemming

Criminal defense lawyer

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J. Gibb

Litigation lawyer

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Jason Schatz

DUI and DWI lawyer

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Edward Flint

Criminal defense lawyer

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Greg Law

Criminal defense lawyer

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Jennifer Lee

Family lawyer

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Andrew Deiss

Criminal defense lawyer

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Glen Cook

Criminal defense lawyer

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Roger Kraft

Criminal defense lawyer

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Lindsay Jarvis

Criminal defense lawyer

Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2025

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2024

Mountain States Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2024

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2021

AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2013

Best Lawyers Criminal Defense, Utah Business Magazine

2012

AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2010

Due Process/Justice Award, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Work Experience

1998 - Present

Attorney, Susanne Gustin, Attorney at Law

Associations

2013 - Present

Utah State Bar

Third District Bar Commissioner

2011 - 2012

David K. Watkiss - Sutherland II American Inn of Court

Past President

2001 - 2002

Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Past President

Sample of Legal Cases

State v. Dr. Martin MacNeill

Guilty

State v. Eric Charlton

Victory

State v. David J. Bell

Not Guilty

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Education

1991

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1987

University of Utah

BS - Bachelor of Science

Languages

English

Activity

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