Louis Freeh bio

Louis Joseph Freeh, J.D., LL.M., joined the FBI as a special agent after finishing law school. He then spent a decade working as an assistant then Deputy U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted high-profile federal criminal cases.

President George H.W. Bush appointed him to be a U.S. District Court judge. President Bill Clinton then appointed him as the 10th Director of the FBI in Sep. 1993.

Freeh left the FBI to take a job in the private sector in June 2001. In 2007, he founded the Freeh Group International, a consulting firm. He also serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations.

• Member, Board of Directors, National Italian American Foundation
• Member, Board of Directors, National Center For Missing & Exploited Children
• Member, Board of Directors, Wilmington Trust Board, 2009-present
• Founder and Senior Managing Partner, Freeh Group International, 2007-present
• Member, Corporate Board, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, 2005-present
• Vice Chairman, General Counsel, and Ethics Officer, MBNA America Bank, 2001-2006
• 10th Director of the FBI (appointed by President Bill Clinton), Sep. 1993-June 2001
• U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of New York (appointed by President George H.W. Bush), 1991-1993
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Fordham Law School, 1988-1992
• Recipient, Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, 1987 and 1991
• Deputy U.S. Attorney and Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1981-1991
• Special Agent, FBI, 1975-1981

• LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1984
• J.D., Rutgers School of Law-Newark, 1974
• B.A., Rutgers University, 1971

• My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror, 2005

Phone: (302) 824-7139
Website: http://www.freehgroup.com/