The POWER List: Susan Saper Galamba

McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan, Kansas City

Many attorneys write books to help potential clients understand their area of the law, but few are as memorably titled Susan Saper Galamba’s “Don’t Burn the Underwear.”

The self-help book aimed at those going through a divorce is one of many ways Galamba helps clients navigate the emotional and financial issues that arise when a marriage ends.

She is the co-chair of McDowell Rice’s family law and divorce practice group, which specializes in representing high-net-worth dissolutions and other complex matters ranging from property division and valuation of businesses to child custody and pre- and postnuptial agreements. She also is a member of the McDowell Rice’s executive board.

She is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and International Academy of Family Lawyers. She also completed the National Institute of Trial Advocacy/American Bar Association Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute and is a trained mediator and arbitrator. She earned her law degree in 1990 from Georgia State University.