Mr. Freedman comes to Lloyd & McDaniel with over 40 years of experience in legal consumer collections, first as founding partner of Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, a leading creditor's rights law firm based in Naperville, Illinois, and then as Partner at Blitt and Gaines, P.C. He is a Past President of the Illinois Creditors' Bar Association, having also served as Legislative Vice President, and was a founding Board Member of the Creditors Bar Coalition of Illinois, a group of select law firms that support highly successful lobbying efforts in Illinois. He is a charter member of the National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA/NARCA), serving as President from 2011-2013 after having chaired the Federal Governmental Affairs Committee, where he developed and strengthened relationships with key Members of Congress, eventually having a bill introduced in the House. He was chair of their Political Action Committee of Collection Attorneys (PACCA). Lou is a former Chair Arbitrator for the Mandatory Court Annexed Arbitration Program of DuPage County, Illinois. He is based in Chicago.PresentationNCBA Virtual Webinar, "Be Prepared: Practical Advice and Ethical Considerations for Succession Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Closures and Retirement", September, 2020NCBA Spring Conference, "What's Your Plate Cost, A NCBA "CRED" Talk, May, 2019NCBA Fall Conference, "You ARE Your Brand, Unearthing Your Best Brand Ambassador", October, 2018National Automotive Finance Association (NAF) Non - Prime Auto Financing Conference, "Moving Collections Beyond In - House: What Are the Best Practices You Need to Know", June, 2017NARCA Spring Conference, "SURVIVOR: Baby Boomers vs. Millennials and Parents vs. Kids", Moderator; Panel discussion on generation gaps in the law office, May, 2017Lake County(IL) Bar Association "Collection Law Update", November, 2015NARCA Webinar, "Merging, Acquiring and Consolidating Collection Law Firms", April, 2015"Know Your Plate Cost: Measuring Law Firm Profitability", NARCA Legal Learning Tour, Loyola University of Chicago Law School, September, 2014NARCA Legal Symposium 2013, George Washington University, October, 2013, "Legal Collections - The Essential Link to a Successful Credit - Based Economy", ModeratorLectured for Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education (various collection law related topics)Professional AffiliationsIllinois State Bar Association, American Bar Association, National Creditors Bar Association