Judge Scott Freeman

Second Judicial District Court

Telephone: (775) 328-3162
Email: scott.freeman@washoecourts.us

Judge Scott Freeman was appointed by Governor Sandoval to serve as the Presiding Judge in Department 9 in 2012. In 1995, he was appointed to serve as a Pro Tem Judge up to and including the time he was appointed to the Second Judicial District Court by Governor Sandoval. In 1993, Judge Freeman was appointed Pro Tem Family Court Master and Pro Tem Juvenile Court Master by the Second Judicial District Court. He received his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California and began his law career in 1984. Judge Freeman graduated from Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, with a degree in Politics and a minor in Economics. He was a permanent member of the Commission for Judicial Selection for the NV Bar from 2008-2011 and served on the Nevada Law Foundation Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1998-2000. He has been the criminal justice representative on numerous law related committees, including the Washoe County Public Defender Selection Committee, Washoe County Alternative Public Defender Selection Committee, Nevada Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, Washoe District Court Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, Washoe District Court Criminal Rules Committee, and the Nevada Mandatory Sentencing Review Commission. Judge Freeman has also been a lecturer of numerous topics at seminars sponsored by the State Bar of Nevada, Washoe County Bar Association and local universities and high schools. Judge Freeman formerly co-hosted the weekly television show Lawyers, Guns & Money on KRNV TV, an NBC Network affiliate, with an interview format of notable personalities in the legal, cultural, and charitable communities.