Susan Tabor-Kleiman

Susan Tabor-Kleiman, J.D., is Founder of Your Professional Writer™ and a Management Communication Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in the MBA and Executive MBA programs.

Susan specializes in creating persuasive writings about executives, professionals, and job seekers worldwide and in the process helps them to uncover and articulate their strengths, hone their message, and portray themselves in a compelling way to their target audience. Clients come from a wide range of industries: communications, entertainment, finance, law, technology, academia, small business, and many others.

A frequent workshop presenter on personal branding, Susan trains others how to create LinkedIn profiles that elevate their brand and accomplish personal and organizational objectives. Known for her highly engaging and inclusive presentations, notable recent conference engagements include the Pennsylvania Conference for Women and Philly Tech Week. Media appearances as a LinkedIn expert include MSNBC’s Your Business with JJ Ramberg, Good Day Philadelphia, WFMZ-TV News at Sunrise, Clear Channel Radio, More.com, and the Sydney World Herald.

Susan is a former trial lawyer, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and then as a litigator in a boutique law firm. Susan enjoys staying connected to her legal roots by volunteering as attorney advisor to a high school mock trial team in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Work experience

• The Wharton School
  • Persuasive Speaking and Management Communication Lecturer
  • Storytelling and Impromptu Speaking Lecturer
  • Writing Coach
• Your Professional Writer™ Owner, Consultant, Speaker
• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia Grant Writer
• Bazelon Less & Feldman, P.C. Attorney
• Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Assistant District Attorney

Education

• Dickinson Law JD Law
• Drake University BFA Rhetoric and Speech Communication
• Valley High School West Des Moines, IA