Billy Freeland practices out of the firm's New York office and prosecutes securities fraud, corporate governance, and shareholder rights litigation on behalf of the firm's institutional investor clients.
Prior to joining the firm, Billy served as General Counsel to a fitness corporation, where he managed litigation and internal investigations, among other responsibilities. He previously worked as a litigation associate at a leading defense firm, and as an analyst at a prominent investment bank. Billy currently serves as an Ensign in the United States Navy Reserve, where he is an Intelligence Officer.
Billy received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the Annual Survey of American Law as an article editor, finalist in the Orison S. Marden Moot Court Competition (2014 and 2015), and research assistant to Professors Rachel Barkow and Catherine Sharkey. While attending law school, Billy was a law clerk for Senator Charles E. Schumer on the United States Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, DC. He received both his M.A. in International Affairs and his B.A. in Political Science at Columbia University.