Freeman wraps up 38-year government stint
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
By Staff
Franklin Freeman, legislative liaison for Gov. Mike Easley, plans to retire next month, ending a 38-year career in state government ranging from local prosecutor to a seat on the state Supreme Court.
Freeman's career spans 45 years if you count his time as a page and member of the sergeant-at-arms staff at the legislature in the mid-1960s.
His courtly baritone and seersucker suits are familiar sights and sounds in the legislative hallways.
After graduating from law school in 1970, Freeman worked as a clerk to then-Supreme Court Justice Dan Moore, a former governor. Freeman went on to posts as an assistant district attorney and district attorney on his home turf of Surry, Stokes, Rockingham and Caswell counties.
He also headed the Administrative Office of the Courts, served as secretary of correction and was then-Gov. Jim Hunt's chief of staff. Hunt appointed him to the state Supreme Court in 1999.
Freeman lost his bid to retain that seat in the 2000 election and signed on as Easley's ambassador to the legislature.
"I've had very few dull days," Freeman said. (more…)
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