Susan M. Freedman specializes in business and real estate litigation. As a litigation attorney, Susan represents entity and individual clients in the full range of general commercial matters in state court from inception through trial. Her practice includes representation of commercial and residential property owners in a wide variety of litigation, such as breach of lease/contract and wrongful foreclosure, as well as actions involving fraud, partnership and business tort disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, partition actions, and corporate governance and management issues. Susan has experience in obtaining and defending against writs of attachment, temporary restraining orders, and injunctive relief orders.

Susan also represents clients in mediation, arbitration, and appellate matters in state and federal appeals courts.

After graduating from Loyola Law School, Susan served as a law clerk to a United States Bankruptcy Judge, Hon. Samuel L. Bufford, Central District of California, and thereafter represented secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy, particularly governmental taxing authorities. Susan has represented the Counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino in the enforcement of property taxes in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. She has participated in dozens of complex commercial cases to verdict and has vast and multifaceted experience.

Susan’s combination of practical experience, excellent client service, and attention to detail inform her legal practice. Outside of the office, you can find her cooking, strength training, or traveling with her family.

Publications

• Tracht Gut LLC v. LA County Treasurer and Tax Collector, 503 B.R. 804 (9th Cir. 2016). 
  Represented the County of Los Angeles County Treasurer/Tax Collector in the Tracht Gut LLC case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower courts in favor of the County and held that “The price received at a California tax sale” properly held under state law “conclusively establishes ‘reasonably equivalent value’ for purposes of’ the Bankruptcy Code’s fraudulent transfer section as “California tax sales have the same procedural safeguards approved by the U.S. Supreme Court in the BFP v Resolution Trust Corp case.

Education

• B.A., cum laude, Business Administration/Marketing, Mount St. Mary’s College, 1987. Member, Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society. Dean’s List.
• J.D., Loyola Law School, 1990

Court Admissions

• California State Courts
• U.S. District Courts, Central District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit