Susan Bates is a business lawyer in private practice in Indianapolis. Susan is a 1980 graduate of the University of Evansville with a B.S in International Business and a B.A. in Political Science. She received her J.D. in 1983 from Indiana University-Indianapolis and spent the majority of her career until 2003 as a business lawyer at Thomson Consumer Electronics where she managed legal matters in North and South America. Since 2004 Susan has maintained a private practice representing Asia-based technology and electronics companies. She has been active in her near-northside neighborhood and an enthusiastic collector of local art.