Suzanne Reynolds (born 1949, in

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) is a law professor and dean emerita at

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. She is the first woman to head the school, and was named dean after serving four years as executive associate dean for academic affairs. Reynolds ran for the

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seat held by incumbent Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. in the 2008 election. She lost to Edmunds by a narrow margin.Dan Galindo, Winston-Salem Journal (2012-12-12) "Reynolds just shy of seat on high court in late count". Retrieved 2014-10-08.
/ref> Reynolds graduated with a bachelor's degree from

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in 1971, with an M.A. degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1976, and with a J.D. from

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School of Law in 1977. From her law school graduation until she accepted a position at WFU, Reynolds worked at the

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law firm of Smith Moore Smith Schell & Hunter. In 1978, she married Robert M. "Hoppy" Elliot, also an attorney. Reynolds won the North Carolina Governor's Distinguished Woman of the Year award for Education in 1998, the Gwyneth B. Davis Award for Public Service from the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys in 1996, and the Joseph Branch Teaching Excellence award from Wake Forest Law School in 1994. Her publications include the three-volume treatise, ''Lee's North Carolina Family Law''.

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