Richard Freeman

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Years in office: 1991 - 1999

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Years in office: 1971 - 1991

Education

Bachelor's

Emory University, 1950

Law

Emory University School of Law, 1952

Personal

Birthplace

Atlanta, GA

Richard Cameron Freeman (1926-1999) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Freeman was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on March 3, 1971, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294; he was confirmed by the Senate on April 21, 1971, and received commissiontwo days later. He assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 1991, and served in that capacity until his death onAugust 22, 1999. Freeman was succeeded in this position byClarence Cooper.

Early life and education

• Emory University, A.B., 1950
• Emory University School of Law, LL.B., 1952

Professional career

• U.S. Army Private, 1945-1946
• Claims manager, Life Insurance Company of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, 1951-1954
• Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1952-1971
• Member, Board of Aldermen, City of Atlanta, Georgia, 1962-197

Judicial career

Northern District of Georgia

Freeman was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on March 3, 1971, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on April 21, 1971, and received commissiontwo days later. He assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 1991, and served in that capacity until his death onAugust 22, 1999. Freeman was succeeded in this position byClarence Cooper.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Active judges	•  William M. Ray, II (Georgia)  •  Eleanor L. Ross  •  Mark Howard Cohen  •  Leigh Martin May  •  Jean-Paul Boulee  •  Michael L. Brown (Georgia)  •  Steven Grimberg  •  Victoria Calvert  •  Sarah Geraghty  •  Tiffany Johnson (Georgia)
Senior judges	Orinda Evans  •  Clarence Cooper  •  Richard Story  •  Willis Hunt  •  Charles Pannell  •  Steve C. Jones  •  Amy Totenberg  •  Thomas Thrash (Georgia)  •
Magistrate judges	Alan Baverman  •  Walter E. Johnson  •  Russell G. Vineyard  •  Linda T. Walker  •  J. Clay Fuller  •  Justin Anand  •  John Larkins (Georgia)  •  Catherine Salinas  •  Christopher Bly  •  Regina Cannon  •
Former Article III judges	Jack Camp  •  Marvin Shoob  •  Horace Ward  •  Owen Forrester  •  Beverly Martin  •  Charles Moye  •  William O'Kelley  •  Ernest Tidwell  •  Julie Carnes  •  Timothy Batten  •  William Duffey  •  Harold Murphy  •  Robert Vining  •  John Cochran Nicoll  •  John Erskine  •  Albert Henderson  •  Lewis Morgan  •  Frank Hull  •  James Hill (Federal judge)  •  Henry Kent McCay  •  William Truslow Newman  •  Samuel Hale Sibley  •  Emory Marvin Underwood  •  Maurice Andrews  •  Newell Edenfield  •  Richard Freeman  •  Robert Hall (Georgia)  •  Frank Hooper  •  William Sloan  •  Sidney Smith  •  Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge)  •
Former Chief judges	Orinda Evans  •  Charles Moye  •  William O'Kelley  •  Ernest Tidwell  •  Timothy Batten  •  Robert Vining  •  Albert Henderson  •  Lewis Morgan  •  Maurice Andrews  •  Newell Edenfield  •  Frank Hooper  •  Sidney Smith  •  Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge)  •  Thomas Thrash (Georgia)  •

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1970	Becker •Blackmun •Bogue •Bratcher •Bue •Conti •Cox •Ditter •Dupree •Eisele •Engel •Fay •Feikens •Fisher •Frey •Gorbey •Hill •Huyett •Kelleher •Kennedy •Kent •King •Kitchen •Knapp •Knox •Krupansky •McCune •McGarr •McWilliams •Mechem •J. Miller •W. Miller •Morton •Moye •Muir •O'Kelley •Oakes •Pell •Pointer •Pratt •Roney •Rosenn •Ross •Schnacke •Scott •Stapleton •Steger •Stevens •Teitelbaum •Thompson •Tjoflat •Toledo •Turrentine •Urbom •VanArtsdalen •Walinski •Wallace •Wangelin •Webster •Weis •Wellford •Wilkey •Winner •Wood
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1972	Bechtle •Bennett •Burns •Campbell •Carter •Coffrin •Duffy •Enright •Foreman •Freedman •Griesa •Hermansdorfer •Joiner •Kashiwa •King •Knapp •Lively •Mahon •Markey •Neill •Owens •Pesquera •Roettger •Skopil, Jr. •Stewart •Tauro •Turk •Wallace •H. Ward •R. Ward •Widener
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