[3] At the time of his appointment, he was a partner at the Winnipeg law firm Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson.
In recent years, Freedman has concentrated his practice on arbitration, especially in labour-related disputes in different jurisdictions throughout Canada.
[citation needed] Over the course of his legal career, Freedman was active in a range of professional organizations, including as president (1978–1979) and bencher (1971–1979) of the Law Society of Manitoba and as a director of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (1981–1983).
For twenty years, he was a lecturer at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law and a frequent presenter at professional and continuing legal education seminars.
[3] His father, Samuel Freedman, also served as a judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal (1960–1983).