Abraham Lincoln Freedman

Personal

Birthday: 
11/19/1904
Birthplace: 
Trenton, NJ
Date of Death: 
3/13/1971
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1926-1952, 1956-1961
General counsel, Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Housing Authority, 1938-1949
Counsel, Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Housing Association, 1940-1961
Special counsel for housing, Pennsylvania Post-War Planning Commission, 1944-1946
Special counsel, Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Redevelopment Authority, 1946-1947
City solicitor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1952-1956

Education

Name of School: 

Temple University Beasley School of Law

At Temple, we believe that some things just have to be learned by doing. You can't learn to ride a bicycle by reading a manual, you can't learn how to be a lawyer by watching even the best of lawyers, and you can't improve if mistakes are only imagined. At Temple, students don't just read, watch, or imagine. They do that and more-they do the work of attorneys. It sounds simple but it works. Temple University's Beasley School of Law offers a different kind of law school experience: a Real World, Real Law experience that incorporates academic and practical applications of legal study into rigorous classroom experiences.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1926

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Court Name: 

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
John F. Kennedy
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
9/22/1961
Termination Date: 
7/6/1964
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
7/2/1964
Termination Date - Second: 
3/13/1971
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death