Career
He replaced Madam Justice Bonnie M. Helper, who resigned. At the time of his appointment, he was a partner with the Winnipeg law firm of Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson. He had served as the firm"s managing partner from 1991 until 2001.
Throughout his career, he acquired a vast expertise in corporate-commercial law and arbitration-mediation matters.
In recent years, Mr. Justice Freedman had concentrated his practice on arbitration, especially in labour-related disputes in different jurisdictions throughout Canada. Over the course of his legal career, Mr.
Justice Freedman was very active in a wide range of professional organizations, including having served as President (1978–1979) and Bencher (1971–1979) of the Law Society of Manitoba and as a Director of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (1981–1983). Foreign 20 years, he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba and a frequent presenter at numerous professional and continuing legal education seminars.
Mr. Justice Freedman was appointed Queen"s Counsel in 1975.
