Suzanne Novak

Suzanne Novak is a Senior Staff Attorney in the U.S. Legal Program, and previously served as both a Staff Attorney and Blackmun Fellow at the Center. She has defended the rights of teenagers in Alaska to make their own reproductive health decisions, challenged an abortion ban in Virginia, and successfully sued to shut down a fake abortion referral service. Prior to returning to the Center, Ms. Novak served as a Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center, where she coordinated the Center's Campaign Finance Reform and Government Accountability Projects. She was also an Associate at Arnold & Porter and a clerk for the honorable Stephen M. McNamee of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. She graduated with honors from New York University School of Law.