Besides earning a degree at Syracuse University, Freedman is also a graduate of New York Law School.
She previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District, where she is the narcotics chief and lead task force attorney for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and opioid coordinator.
Freedman joined the NDNY US Attorney’s Office in 2007 after spending more than 15 years in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office from 1988-2004.
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Freedman is a career prosecutor with more than 30 years of experience in New York state.
“I’m incredibly proud that Carla Freedman has been confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District and will make history as the first woman in this important position,” Gillibrand said in a statement issued Tuesday night. “An accomplished and dedicated attorney, Ms. Freedman has devoted her career to equal justice. She is an exceptional legal mind and a woman of impeccable moral standing who will ensure that the NDNY justice system serves the public good.”


