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Areas of Practice:
Mr. Freeman's practice focuses on complex civil litigation, serious personal injury (including product and premises liability and child sexual abuse), civil rights, the Randolph-Sheppard Act, and commercial litigation.
Career Milestones:
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Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2000 |
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National Law Journal, "Top Defense Wins of 2000" |
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Renaming of the "H. DeWayne Whittington Primary School" in honor of client, a wrongfully discharged school superintendent, 1997 |
Significant Cases:
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Fenwick-Schaefer v. Winchester Homes, Inc. (won a $2 million verdict against a developer for discriminatory advertising, a result that was recognized by the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights with its "Outstanding Achievement Award in the Field of Fair Housing" for 1994).
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Whittington v. Somerset County Board of Education (won a verdict of over $800,000 and the renaming of a school in honor of the plaintiff, a former superintendent of schools in an employment discrimination case).
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Matthews v. Amberwood Associates, L.P., 351 Md. 544, 719 A.2d 119 (1998) (won a $7 million verdict in a case in which Maryland's highest court established new law regarding a landlord's responsibility to protect visitors from known dangerous animals).
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Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. v. Leonard Stulman Enterprises, L.P. (a $900,000 settlement of a housing discrimination case in which a garden apartment development steered African-American tenants to rear units).
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Sallie v. Tax Sale Investors, Inc., 998 F. Supp. 612 (D. Md. 1998) (won a large verdict on behalf of tenants evicted without notice; the case resulted in a new law requiring notification of tenants before tax sales and before eviction).
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Minnesota v. Riley, 107 F.3d 648 (8th Cir. 1997) (counsel for blind vendor in case applying Randolph-Sheppard Act to Department of Veterans Affairs).
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NISH v. Cohen, 247 F.3d 197 (4th Cir. 2001) (lead counsel for blind vendors in case that established that Randolph-Sheppard Act applies to military mess halls).
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Foltz v. Doe (won a $1 million verdict in a counter-suit on behalf of a girl who was sexually abused by a lawyer, after the lawyer-abuser sued for defamation, a result that was recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the "Top Defense Wins of 2000").
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Thompson v. HUD, 2001 U.S. Dist. Lexis 20557 (D.Md.) (obtained $1.5 million award of attorneys. fees).
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Halliday v. Sturm, Ruger & Co. 2002 Md. LEXIS 93 (first case in the country filed against handgun manufacturers for failure to childproof their guns).
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Biography:
After graduating from Stanford Law School, where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review, Mr. Freeman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Norman P. Ramsey of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Since joining Brown, Goldstein & Levy in 1987, he has taught fair housing law at the University of Maryland School of Law, and lectured on torts, evidence, civil procedure, employment and health care law, and the Randolph-Sheppard Act.
Children's issues have been a primary focus of Mr. Freeman's community activities. He and his wife were emergency foster parents to more than100 children over a four-year period. In 2000, Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley appointed Mr. Freeman President of the Board of the Family League of Baltimore City, which coordinates services for children, youth and families in Baltimore City. Mr. Freeman has previously served as a board member and President of the boards of the Child Abuse Prevention Center of Maryland, The Family Tree, and the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, and as a board member and officer of the Maryland Friends of Foster Children and the Foster Parents Association of Baltimore. Mr. Freeman and his wife also have two wonderful daughters of their own.
Education:
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J.D., Stanford Law School, 1986; graduated with distinction |
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B.A., Harvard University, 1981; graduated magna cum laude
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Publications:
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"Grassroots Impact Litigation: Mass Filing of Small Claims," 26 U.S.F.L. Rev. 261 (1992) (coauthor)
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"No-Fault Cerebral Palsy Insurance: An Alternative to the Obstetrical Malpractice Lottery," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Winter 1989 (coauthor)
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"A Critique of Economic Consistency," Stanford Law Review, May 1987 |
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"The Effect of Tennis on History," USAir Magazine, May 1985 |
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