years, he acknowledged the influence of criminal law practitioners R. A. Bonner and A. J. Andrews and civil litigators Isaac Pitblado, A. E. Hoskin, W. Parker Fillmore, R. D. Guy, and E. K. Williams as being important to his development as a lawyer. In 1941, Freedman was elected to the executive of the Manitoba Bar Association (MBA), representing the Eastern Judicial District. In 1942, he became the editor of the Manitoba Bar News, a position he held for 4 years. In 1944, he was appointed King's Counsel. Shortly thereafter, he formed a new law partnership with David Golden. In 1951, Freedman was elected President of the MBA, becoming the first Jewish lawyer in the province to hold the position. In April 1952, Freedman was appointed to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, and as result, dissolved his firm with Golden. Moreover, Freedman was Chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship Selections Committee from 1956 to 1966. In March 1960, Freedman was elevated to the Manitoba Court of Appeal. A decade later, in 1971, upon the retirement of Chief Justice Smith, he took over the position of Chief Justice of Manitoba and remained in that position until his retirement at age 75 on 16 April 1983. In 1964, Freedman was called upon to conduct an inquiry and public hearings into a railway workers' dispute regarding technological changes. The Freedman Commission issued its report in early December 1965. On 25 June 1984, Freedman was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada, Jeanne Sauvé. He has also received numerous honorary degrees. The following quotation has been attributed to Freedman:They say that during the first five years every judge delivers his judgment with a lurking suspicion in his mind that he is wrong. During the next five years he delivers every judgment absolutely convinced that he is right. Thereafter he delivers his judgments with a growing indifference as to whether he is right or wrong. And they say that when the indifference becomes habitual, he should retire. Philanthropy Freedman served as president of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and was active with the Winnipeg committee in support of the Hebrew University, and with the B'nai B'rith. He later served as President of the Manitoba chapter of Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University until 1969. In 1978, on his 70th birthday, Freedman was honoured with the establishment of a chair