DAVID M. FREEDMAN was born in Dayton, Ohio, May 21, 1946.  He graduated from the University of Texas in 1969 with a BBA and began a career with computers.  By 1973 he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law.  The following law practice emerged as Freedman & Price with Steve Price as his partner.

Freedman has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association since 1990.  A trained mediator, Mike has also served as planner, speaker and author at seminars and institutes.

Active with family and the community, Mike has followed his two kids through various sports, coaching and managing Little League Baseball and soccer teams.  He served and chaired the Board of Trustees for Christ United Methodist Church in Sugar Land, Texas and in his spare time enjoys bridge, racquetball, fishing and skiing.

Seminars and Institutes -

For the State Bar of Texas:

• 1981 - Debtor/Creditor Relations Series
• Representing Creditors Institute Series
• Collecting on Debts and Judgments
• Advanced Creditors' Rights Course
• Civil Litigation in 1986:  Tactics, Techniques, & Technologies Seminar
• Advanced Creditors' Rights Course - Assembled and Lead the Panel
  Taking on the Feds as Opponent and Client
• Collecting and Enforcing Judgments
• State Bar Collections Institute; Trial of the Case
• Advanced Creditors' Rights Seminar

• 1988, 1989, 1996, 2000 - Overcoming Insurmountable (Difficult) Defenses (Topic reprised, paper presented in Dallas and Houston).
• 1993 - Building and Managing a High Volume Collection Practice

National Business Institute:

• 1992 - Collecting Judgments

Professional Memberships:

• Houston and American Bar Associations
• State Bar of Texas
• Commercial Law League of America
• American Arbitration Association