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Harold M. Freiman is a shareholder in the San Ramon office. Prior to joining Lozano Smith, Mr. Freiman worked as a litigation associate for three years in one of the nation's largest law firms. He also spent one year as a law clerk for Justice Lloyd Doggett of the Texas Supreme Court.
Since joining Lozano Smith in 1994, Mr. Freiman has represented school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts in such areas as school facilities, the California Environmental Quality Act, general education law, student issues, business, school district reorganization, and general litigation. In addition, he has become a recognized leader on the topic of developer fees.
Mr. Freiman, who has received numerous awards for public speaking, has been a speaker for, among others, the California School Boards Association, the California Association of School Business Officials, the National School Boards Association, and the Coalition for Adequate School Housing. He has appeared before the California Supreme Court on behalf of the California School Boards Association's Education Legal Alliance. He serves on the Legal Advisory Panel for the Coalition for Adequate School Housing, and is a member of the California Council of School Attorneys.
Mr. Freiman received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, and holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1990. In college, he was a teaching assistant and reader in the Rhetoric Department, and worked as an instructor in the Contra Costa College for Kids summer program. While at Columbia, he instructed first year law students in Real Property Law. | 