Continuing Legal Education

Continuing Legal Education

To be an effective advocate Mr. Freeman believes it is important to stay up to date with current legal trends and changes in the law. As a result, Mr. Freeman regularly attends and presents at Continuing Legal Education seminars and classes on a wide range of criminal law topics.

During his 14 years as a prosecutor with the New York County District Attorney’s Office and the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Freeman attended numerous in-house seminars including:

  • Trial Techniques and Advocacy
  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Law of Evidence Courtroom Presentations
  • Homicide
  • Computer Crime
  • Immigration and Cross-Border Crime
  • Wiretapping
  • Forensic Science, including Time Since Death, Trace Evidence, Fingerprints, Serology, and DNA Evidence

Mr. Freeman has also attended the following criminal defense seminars as an attendee and/or presenter:

Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, annual spring conference, 2008 – 2017

United States concealed carry expo., ft. worth, tx, Spring 2017

Sex Offender Registration Issues, Oakland County Bar Association, Pontiac, MI, August 16, 2011

  • Recent changes to the Sex Offender Registration Act
  • Issues that arise with Registration
  • “Romeo and Juliet” cases
  • Change of circumstances – 3 day rule

National Firearms Law Seminar, Spring 2010, 2016, 2017

Insider Trading, ABA Teleconference, Washington, D.C., April 29, 2009

  • Insights from the SROs, SEC, and DOJ
  • Key Compliance Steps to Avoid Liability

Oakland County Bench Bar Conference, Oakland Co., MI, March 27, 2009

  • Sentence Alternatives for Felony Offenders
  • Prison Reform and Parole Board Initiatives
  • Understanding Drug Test Results

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Milwaukee, WI, July 31 – August 1, 2008

  • Cross-Examination