David H. Freeman is an adjunct consultant with Altman Weil, Inc., specializing in creating business development cultures in law firms through training, planning and coaching.   With seventeen years of experience, he has worked with thousands of partners, laterals and associate lawyers in hundreds of law firms to develop and implement short- and long-term strategies for building robust practices.

Mr. Freeman works with law firms to improve the business development skills of individual lawyers, accelerate cross-selling, deliver outstanding levels of client service and develop high-performance practice groups and teams.  He has created a unique training program that shows lawyer-leaders how to become more effective in their roles as 'sales managers.'   He is also an expert in law firm retreat design and facilitation.

Mr. Freeman is a former practicing lawyer from New York and has worked as a change management and strategic planning consultant for law firms and corporations like Sun Microsystems, Zurich Financial Services, Agilent Technologies, and Olin Corporation.

He has written extensively on legal management, leadership, strategy, and business development in legal industry publications including ABA Journal, ABA Law Practice, ALA Legal Management, LMA Strategies, Marketing the Law Firm, NY Law Journal and Of Counsel, and he has contributed a leadership column for the Association of Legal Administrators publication ALA Currents. 

He is also an internationally recognized speaker who has appeared at law firm retreats, national and regional legal industry conferences, bar associations, and international law firm network conferences. He was selected as Co-Chair of the 2010 Annual Conference for the Legal Marketing Association where he is a member and has served on the Education Committee.

Education

Mr. Freeman is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton where he received his B.A. in Economics.  He has a law degree from Fordham University School of Law.

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