Susan Hawk (born Susan Lynn McWithey) is an American attorney. She was the Dallas County District Attorney, elected as a Republican in 2014,[2][3][4] until her resignation on October 1, 2016.[5][6][7] Her opponent was Democrat Craig Watkins.[8] She is the first female district attorney elected in Dallas.[9][10][11] She was previously a state criminal district judge for nine years.[12]
She is a Republican attorney.[16] Prior to being district attorney (DA), she was a Texas District 291 court judge from 2002 to 2013.[16][17][18]
Susan Hawk resigned on September 6, 2016, two years before her term expired. In a statement she said "I believe our office is making a difference and I want to continue to do good work. But last fall upon returning from treatment, I made a commitment to step away from the office if I felt I could no longer do my job and, unfortunately, I've reached that point as my health needs my full attention in the coming months".[19][20][21]
Personal life
Hawk has been married three times. She married Bryan P. Reese, a lawyer, in 1997 at age 27 and that marriage was annulled five months later.[12][22][23] In 1999, she married her second husband, Phillip Michael Hawk (known as Michael Hawk), also a lawyer.[12][24] She divorced Michael Hawk four years later when she was 33 years old.[12][14] Her third husband, John Geiser, an anesthesiologist, whom she married in 2012, filed for divorce from her in January 2015.[14][16]