Ronald J. Freeman, Sr. graduated with high honors from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science in 1982. He attended Georgia State University College of Law where he received his Juris Doctor as a Regents Opportunity Scholar. Attorney Freeman’s primary focus is in the area of contracts, dispute resolution and business and construction related litigation matters involving the public and private sectors. He serves as general counsel to a number of businesses which frequently encounter employment, facility management and construction related issues. Attorney Freeman’s appointments include Chief Judge, Cities of Riverdale, Union City and Forest Park. He is a member of the Council of Municipal Court Judges; American Bar Association (Construction Law Section); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association (Construction Law Section and Managing Partners Committee); National Bar Association; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Gate City Bar Association (Past President) Faculty Member, Institute of Continuing Judicial Education. Attorney Freeman practices in the Corporate & Business Litigation and Governmental Law Groups.

Jim is the founder and managing partner of Frego and Associates, which has been the largest bankruptcy firm in Michigan for 15 years, and is one of the 10 largest consumer bankruptcy firms in the United States. Nationally recognized as an expert in the field, Jim has dedicated most of his legal career to helping people get debt relief from financial concerns of all kinds. He has used his knowledge & experience to teach several classes and seminars for other lawyers on how to help people and properly handle bankruptcy cases. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Loyola Law School, Jim has handled and filed more bankruptcy cases than anyone else in the history of the State of Michigan, and is independently Certified as a Specialist in Consumer Bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification. Jim’s passion for helping people comes from his belief that everyone deserves a second chance and sometimes bad things happen to good people.

For me, the courtroom is the place where David really can stand up to Goliath. My clients, individuals and their families, have gone up against the largest health systems, the biggest insurance companies, the most bad-ass chemical company, the richest pharmaceutical company, and even the United States government. After college, I started as a foreign correspondent and then an investigative journalist. For each article, I would conduct interviews and often review reams of documents. Often, my stories were about those in powerful positions who had misused those positions. Those skills gave me a taste for cross-examination. For my final project as a journalist, I wrote a historical account of the Nazi war crimes trials in Germany, told through the story of one of the last major Nazi figures to stand trial. I attended the trial in Stuttgart, Germany and listened to the stories of Holocaust survivors who testified to the crimes the Nazi officer had committed. I saw just how much the law matters, how the law really is a means to a measure of justice. When my book manuscript was completed and off to the publisher, I turned to the law myself. I found a way to channel my experiences and skills ? writing, investigating, questioning, challenging ? so that I, too, could help people achieve a measure of justice. The cases I take often involve complex issues of medicine and science. A medical procedure that went bad. A devastating medication error that caused a brain or spinal cord injury. A toxic exposure that caused cancer. A product or drug that was defective and caused a serious loss or permanent injury. Of course, the goal is to obtain maximum compensation for the serious wrongs my clients have suffered. We have won millions of dollars in jury verdicts and have obtained millions more in settlements to achieve that goal. The goal also has to be to help the client achieve a measure of justice, to restore dignity and respect. From the first meeting I have with a new client until the moment that person?s case is completely resolved, I always try to remember the road that led me to where I am and the reasons I do what I do.

Chad Frese earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids in 1992. In 1996 he earned his Juris Doctor from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Frese has earned admissions to all Iowa Courts to include: the Supreme Court of Iowa, Northern District of Iowa Federal Court, Southern District of Iowa Federal Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court. He also represents the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa’s tribal court. Prior to becoming a partner at Kaplan & Frese, LLP, in 2000, Mr. Frese practiced general law at Moon Law Office. His first position upon graduating from law school was as a Narcotics and Career Criminal Prosecutor for the Marshall and Hardin County Attorney’s Office. Chad’s 27 years of experience in the legal profession, combined with his membership in professional organizations such as the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, enable Mr. Frese to provide unparalleled legal representation to his clients.

Sandford L. Frey (“Sandy”) is a Partner with Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Inc. in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. Based in Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Inc. s Pasadena office, Sandy focuses his practice on bankruptcy-related legal matters including out-of-court workouts, Chapter 11 reorganizations, bankruptcy, insolvency and lending, real estate, general corporate and transactional matters and wine law. Sandy has over 30 years of experience representing debtors, lenders, purchasers, creditors and borrowers in and out of Chapter 11 matters, as well as in business and lending transactions and loan workouts. He has very diverse experience in business and business reorganizations, not only in the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California, but throughout the United States. Sandy often represents borrowers in negotiating and documenting new financing, DIP loans and takeout financing.