Beth Labson Freeman
Beth Ann Labson Freeman (born November 21, 1953) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Biography Freeman was born Beth Ann Labson in 1953, in Washington, D.C. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 from the University of California at Berkeley. She received a Juris Doctor in 1979 from Harvard Law School. From 1979 to 1981, she worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson and from 1981 to 1983, she worked at Lasky, Haas, Cohler and Munter. From 1983 to 2001, she served as deputy county counsel at the San Mateo County Counsel's Office. From 1987 to the present, she has been affiliated with Peninsula Temple Beth El, a Reform Judaism synagogue where, prior to 2012, she served the community in various official capacities. From 2001 to 2014, she served as a judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court, serving as assistant presiding judge from 2009 to 2010 and Presiding Judge from 2011 to 2012. As a county judge, she presided over a broad array of civil and criminal matters. Federal judicial service On June 20, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Freeman to serve as