MID-SOUTH COMMERCIAL LAW INSTITUTE FACULTY
SUSAN M. FREEMAN
SUSAN M. FREEMAN is a partner at Lewis and Roca LLP in Phoenix, Arizona. Ms. Freeman received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College (1972, with distinction) and her J.D. from New York University School of Law (1975, Root-Tilden Scholar). She is a Fellow and former Director and Vice President of the American College of Bankruptcy. Ms. Freeman is a Member of the American Law Institute, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and the Arizona State Bar. She has been a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law since 1987, and Co-Chairs the Secured Creditors Subcommittee of ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee. She formerly Co-Chaired the Chapter 11 Subcommittee and Chaired the Professional Responsibility Subcommittees. Ms. Freeman's publications include Chapter 127, Ethical Responsibilities, Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 3d; Are DIP and Committee Counsel Fiduciaries for Their Clients' Constituents or the Bankruptcy Estate? What is a Fiduciary, Anyway?, 17 Amer. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 291 (Winter 2009); The Scope of Bankruptcy Ancillary Jurisdiction after Katz as Informed by Pre-Katz Ancillary Jurisdiction Cases, 15 Amer. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 155 (Spring 2007); "S 1110 is Amended on its Own, Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor July 2000. She is a frequent lecturer at various bankruptcy seminars in Arizona and nationally, and listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1989, in the categories of appeals and bankruptcy, and listed in the "Top 50 in Arizona" by Southwest SuperLawyers. Her bankruptcy practice includes representation of debtors-in-possession, secured and unsecured creditors, committees, trustees, and asset buyers. She has served as the Liquidating Trustee of the Oregon Arena Corporation liquidating trust in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Freeman has a sub-specialty in bankruptcy ethics, and in addition to articles and programs on that subject, has represented lawyers and served as an expert witness or advisor in cases concerning bankruptcy ethics. She has a second area of legal expertise, civil appeals. She is a member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and teaches at national and state Appellate Practice Institutes. She has briefed and over 300 appeals in state and federal courts, and has served as a judge pro tem at the Arizona Court of Appeals and on several appellate court committees including the Ninth Circuit Rules Committee. She co-authored the Civil Appeals section of the Arizona Appellate Handbook.
