David Freed (attorney)
| David Freed | |
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| District Attorney of Cumberland County | |
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Assumed office January 2, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Skip Ebert |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Amy |
| Children | Three |
| Residence | Camp Hill, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater |
Washington and Lee University Dickinson School of Law |
David J. Freed is the District Attorney of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and was the Republican nominee for Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the 2012 election.
Freed grew up in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Camp Hill High School in 1988. He earned his B.A., cum laude, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He earned a J.D. from Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University.
After graduating from law school, Freed worked in a private practice focusing on insurance defense litigation. In 1997, he became Deputy Prosecuter of York County. In 1998, he became an Assistant District Attorney of Cumberland County. In 2001, he was promoted to First Assistant D.A.
In 2006, he was appointed District Attorney after incumbent Skip Ebert Jr. was appointed to the position of Chief Deputy State Attorney General. Freed was elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011 without any opposition. He was the youngest District Attorney of a fourth-class county in Pennsylvania.
David is frequently called upon to give testimony for the PDAA before the PA Senate and PA House of Representatives, most recently on closing loopholes in Megan’s Law. In addition, he has testified before a joint meeting of the United States House of Representatives Judiciary and Education and Labor Committee regarding Juvenile Justice.
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