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David L. Freeman, Member

 

 

 

 

Professional Background

1964-Present Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.
1949–1964 Member, Watkins, Vandiver, Freeman & Kirven, Anderson, South Carolina

Educational Background

1949, L.L.B. Harvard Law School
1946–47 Columbia University, Postgraduate studies in English Literature
1945, B.A. University of South Carolina

Professional Activities and Memberships

  • American Law Institute, elected 1975
  • American College of Trial Lawyers, elected 1965
  • South Carolina Bar Association, President,1971
  • Chairman, South Carolina Bar Association Executive Committee, 1969
  • Member, South Carolina Board of Bar Examiners, 1972–80
  • Member, American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Education,1967–68

Bar and Court Admissions

  • South Carolina Bar, 1948

Representative Community Activities

  • Anderson Rotary Club, President, 1960–61
  • Greenville Rotary Club, President, 1970–71
  • Greenville Symphony Association, President,1976
  • Professional Division, United Way of Greenville, Chairman,1977–79
  • Greenville County Arts Festival, Chairman, 1977–80
  • Community Foundation of Greater Greenville, President, 1983–84
  • The Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, Founding Member and Trustee
  • The Club of 39, President, 1987–88
  • Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, former Director and General Counsel
  • Greenville Urban League, Employment Assistance Program

Awards and Honors

  • Member of Who’s Who in America
  • A senior partner of law firm listed by The American Lawyer as one of the 13 Great Small Law Firms in America, 1981
  • Tree of Life Award by Jewish National Fund
  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, 1997–2008

Government Service

  • South Carolina House of Representatives, Member (1955–56)

Present or Former Affiliations with Other Organizations

  • Multimedia, Inc., Secretary and Director (newspapers and broadcasting)
  • Arkon Corporation, Secretary and Director (textile manufacturing)
  • Varinit Corporation, Director (textile manufacturing)
  • American Liba, Inc., Director (textile manufacturing)
  • Special Committee of Greenville Chamber of Commerce on Higher Education