Susan Ursel is a partner with the law firm of Green and Chercover. She completed her LL.B. at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1984 and was called to the Bar in 1986. Ms Ursel has practiced in the areas of labour, employment, employment equity and human rights law since then. Her work also includes the development of educational seminars and presentations for clients with respect to issues on labour, human rights and employment equity. She has served as a nominee on arbitration panels and in that capacity, mediated settlements of a variety of issues.

Susan appeared on behalf of "Families in Partnership" before the Supreme Court of Canada on the Chamberlain case, also known as the "Surrey Book Banning Case". Most recently, she appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of Women's LEAF in Honda v. Keays.