Fayetteville attorney Susan R. Benoit is the supervising partner with Hutchens Law Firm for the Real Estate Department. She started her real estate law career many years ago after obtaining her associates degree in Paralegal Technology from Fayetteville Technical Community College.  She began by working in a busy real estate law office as a receptionist and quickly moved into the closing world as a processor, working on refinances, purchases and constructions loans. To further serve clients and better understand all aspects of the real estate field she moved from processing to title examination within the firm, later transferring to another firm where she managed the Real Estate practice.
 
A military spouse, Susan followed her husband out of state where she found employment at a mortgage originating office. There she learned about originating mortgage loans – processing, underwriting, and preparing loans for purchase by larger lenders. When the military brought her family back to Fayetteville, Susan joined a title agency where, as a licensed title insurance underwriter, she learned the title insurance implications of real property transactions. Feeling she had a solid understanding of real estate transactions, Susan headed for law school.
 
She has put all of her experience to work growing Hutchens Law Firm’s real estate transaction practice. Since joining the firm, she has overseen the ebb and flow of growth in the real estate department in number of closings the firm handles each year, the size of the staff and the number of closing offices.
 
Susan is involved with the Mortgage Bankers Association of Fayetteville, Longleaf Pine REALTORS®, Inc. (formerly Fayetteville Regional Association of REALTORS®), the Home Builders Association of Fayetteville and the Professional Women in Building of the Sandhills. She has been on the Planning Committee for the Fayetteville Walk to End Alzheimer’s for several years and continues to work with the organization every year. She also serves on the Paralegal Advisory Board for Fayetteville Technical Community College. Susan still spends her free time with her high school sweetheart and their 7 grandchildren.