Susan Thomas is a partner at Messer Fort, PLLC, a municipal law firm in Frisco, Texas. She represents small and medium sized cities and towns across the DFW metroplex and assists those jurisdictions with a wide array of general municipal legal services. Prior to entering the practice of law, Susan served as the executive director of a regional government organization working with cities and counties to promote economic and community development. Before that, she worked at the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas as the public information officer, government channel manager, and policy advisor to the mayor. Susan also served as the inaugural director of the Delta Research and Design Center in Clarendon, Arkansas, a community and economic development outreach program of the University of Arkansas that served cities across a 22-county region in eastern Arkansas. She has taught undergraduate and graduate level classes in American National Government, Public Administration, and Public Policy and has directed strategic planning and vision planning sessions for multiple cities and non-profit organizations in both Arkansas and Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, Master of Public Administration, and Ph.D. in Public Policy all from the University of Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, Magna Cum Laude and is licensed to practice law in Texas.