Background
Freeman, Susan M. was born on September 1, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
Freeman, Susan M. was born on September 1, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
Mt. Holyoke College (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1972). University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. New York University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Lewis and Roca, LLP (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in General Practice including Trial and Appellate Practice. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking and Commercial Finance, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Construction, Corporate and Securities, Criminal, Environmental, Estate Planning, Government Relations, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property and Technology and The Internet, International, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Sports and Entertainment, Taxation, Tort Litigation and Workers' Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Arizona.
Root-Tilden Scholar. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy. Chair, 1995 and Reporter, 1989-1995, American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Ethics. Author: Chapter 27 of Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice, (2d ed.).
Co-Author: "Current Developments in Bankruptcy Preference Law, Practicing Law Institute, 1991. Member, Arizona Appellate Handbook Committee, State Bar of Arizona, 1976, with responsibility for writing civil appeals section of Arizona Appellate Handbook, 1978 and bi-annual supplements, and Arizona State Law Journal, Civil Appeals Rules, 1977, 1983 and 1993. Co-Author: "Considering Ethics in Commercial Transactions," 17 ALI-American Bar Association Course Materials Journal 79, 1992.
Faculty, Bankruptcy Law Institutes, 1985. Member: Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, 1986-1992. Arizona State Bar Peer Review Committee, 1992-1995.
State Bar Representative, Bankruptcy Judges Merit Screening Committee for District of Arizona, 1992-1993. Member: American Law Institute. American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
(Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization). Lewis and Roca was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1950 by Orme Lewis and Paul Roca. The firm, now one of the Southwest's largest, maintains offices in Phoenix and Tucson and provides a wide range of legal services to a diverse business and financial client base with local, state, national and international interests.
The firm also provides extensive legal services to tax-exempt organizations and to public sector entities.
Member, Arizona Appellate Handbook Committee, State Bar of Arizona, 1976, with responsibility for writing civil appeals section of Arizona Appellate Handbook, 1978 and bi-annual supplements, and Arizona State Law Journal, Civil Appeals Rules, 1977, 1983 and 1993. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy. Chair, 1995 and Reporter, 1989-1995, American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Ethics.