Background
Freeman, Susan Maud was born on September 1, 1950 in Tulsa. Daughter of Robert Thomas and Alice (Brown) Freeman.
Freeman, Susan Maud was born on September 1, 1950 in Tulsa. Daughter of Robert Thomas and Alice (Brown) Freeman.
Student, University Edinburgh, 1970-1971; Bachelor with distinction, Mount Holyoke College, 1972; Juris Doctor, New York University, 1975.
Associate, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, 1975-1979;
partner, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, since 1979. Member commission on character and fitness Arizona Supreme Court, 1986-1992, chairman,1990-1992. Adjunct faculty appellate advocacy Arizona State University School Law, 1977-1979.
Speaker faculty Norton Institutions on Bankruptcy Law, since 1988, National Business Institute, 1988, Continuing Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome, 1986. Faculty Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, 1991, 92, Stetson College Law, 1990, 93.
Active Charter 100, since 1982. Board of trustees Control United Methodist Church, 1989-1991. Founding member board directors Arizona Women's Employment and Education, Inc., 1984-1987.
Chairman ad hoc commission on human relations City of Phoenix Mayor and City Council, 1984-1985. Active City of Phoenix Human Rels. Commission, 1983-1986, vice-chairman, 1985-1986.
Fellow American College Bankruptcy. Member American Bar Association (business bankruptcy section, reporter bankruptcy ethics subcommittee since 1989), American Law Institute, Arizona State Bar Association (speaker 2d and 3d annual bankruptcy symposiums 1991, 92, state barrep. bankruptcy judges merit screening committee for district Arizona 1992-1993,state bar peer committee since 1992, Arizona Appellate handbook committee, co-author civil appeals section handbook and bi-annual supplements, speaker State Bar bi-annual appellate practice seminars since 1976), Maricopa County Bar Association.
Married Stephen Edward Hickman, February 14, 1982. Children: Sarah Alice Hickman, Kathryn Kinney Hickman, John Denton Hickman.