Background
Freedman, Helen Edelstein was born on December 15, 1942 in New York, New York, United States. Daughter of David Simeon and Frances (Fisher) Edelstein.
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Helen Edelstein Freedman
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Bachelor, Smith College, 1963; Juris Doctor, New York University, 1967.
Career
Staff attorney office of general counsel, American Arbitration Association, New York City, 1967-1969;
associate, Hubbel, Cohen & Stiefel, New York City, 1970-1971;
associate, Shaw, Bernstein, Scheuer, Boyden & Sarnoff, New York City, 1971-1974;
law secretary, Civil Court, New York City, 1974-1976;
senior attorney housing litigation bureau, New York City Department Housing Preservation and Development, 1976;
supervising attorney, District Council 37 Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Plan, New York City, 1976-1978;
judge, Civil Court, New York City, 1979-1988;
acting justice, Supreme Court, New York City, 1984-1988;
justice, Supreme Court, New York City, 1989-1995;
appointed to appellate term 1st department, New York Supreme Court, New York City, since 1995. Co-chair State Judges Mass Tort Litigation Committee. Adjunct Professor New York Law School, 1999.
Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (chair small claims court committee 1986-1989,bioethics committee national conference special court judges, New York State Court delegate to annual meetings, national conference special court judges, 1987, 88, Special Court Justices Conference award 1987, 88, 93, Judicial Excellence award 1998), National Association Women Judges, New York State Bar assosiation, New York Women's Bar assosiation, New York State Association Women Judges (president 1995-1997), Association of Bar of City of New York (member variouscoms., chair committee medical malpractice, vice president 1994-1995).
Connections
Married Henry A. Freedman, June 7, 1964. Children: Katherine Eleanor, Elizabeth Sarah.
