Thomas Freeman

Thomas Freeman is an attorney with Fiedler Law Firm, P.L.C. in Omaha, Neb. He has advised and represented individuals, corporations, county governments, the State of Nebraska, and Native Ameri- can tribes and entities on matters including commercial contracts, litigation and risk management, corporate governance and employment law. Mr. Freeman has litigated cases in both state and federal courts and at the trial and appellate levels. He is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in the State of Nebraska, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Freeman also is a business law professor at a national university, where he teaches courses on business law, negotiation and litigation. His courses and academic research prepare students for the legal and ethical challenges created by Big Data, artificial intelligence, business analytics, fintech, algorithmic bias and other emerging technologies. In addition, Mr. Freeman routinely publishes articles and commentary and educates other lawyers and law students on these topics. He recently published articles on digital ethics in CPI TechReg and The Nebraska Lawyer, on algorithmic bias in The LawInternational Edition, and on the legal implications of algorithmic decision making in The Nebraska Lawyer. He also helped lead a team that developed a national high school curriculum on algorithmic bias for the ADL. Mr. Freeman has been published in such legal journals as the William & Mary Business Law Review and the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. He is a frequent speaker at academic and legal conferences on topics like algorithmic bias, data science ethics, networking, business law and leadership. In addition, he was elected to the executive board of the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and he serves on the editorial board of the Nebraska Lawyer. Mr. Freeman is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and the Nebraska State Bar Association, and is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He received his B.A. in liberal arts in 2004 from Bellevue University, his J.D. in 2007 and his M.S. in negotiation and dispute resolution in 2009 from Creighton University School of Law, and his M.B.A. in 2012 from Creighton University College of Business Administration.