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Areas of Practice
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Court Admissions
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Bar Admissions
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Education
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Additional Information
Areas of Practice
Ms. Freidel has extensive experience in commercial litigation, including federal and state class action litigation. Ms. Freidel has represented clients in civil litigation matters in federal and state court actions throughout the United States, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, Arizona, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, Maine, and California. Ms. Freidel has participated in the trial of jury cases in state and federal courts, and has appeared and prepared appellate briefs in state and federal appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ms. Freidel's representations have concerned challenges under federal statutes such as the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, as well as state statutory law claims (including state unfair and deceptive acts and practices statutes, California Business and Professions Code § 17200) and common law claims.
Ms. Freidel's experience in complex civil litigation also includes contracts, environmental, employment discrimination, products liability, civil rights, and general commercial litigation matters.
Professional/Civic Activities
- American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Class Actions Committee, Consumer Financial Services Committee of Business Law Section)
- Boston Bar Association
- Director, Children's Law Center of Massachusetts, 2000-2004
- Pro Bono counsel, Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2000
- Member of Women Attorney Magazine/Rule of Law Initiative Delegation of Women Law Professionals to Peoples' Republic of China, June 1999
- Co-President, Littleton PTA, Littleton, MA, 2006-2007
Court Admissions
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United States Courts of Appeals (First, Third, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth Circuits)
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United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Admitted pro hac vice in courts throughout the country
Bar Admissions
Education
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J.D.,
University of Michigan Law School
(1991)
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B.A.,
University of California, Berkeley
(1986)
(magna cum laude)
Additional Information
Publications
- Co-Editor, State Class Actions Treatise, Aspen Publishing, 2009
- Co-Author, That’s Unconscionable: An Update Regarding The Enforceability of Arbitration Provisions in Form Contracts, Uniform Commercial Code Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1, November 2009
- Co-Author, The Seventh Circuit Breathes New Life Into “Firm Offers of Credit;” The First Circuit Tells Consumers to “Opt Out” and Stop Complaining, Mortgage Banking & Consumer Credit Alert April 28, 2008
- Co-Author, Looking Back to the Future: “Presumptively Unfair” Mortgage Loans in the Case of Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Fremont Investment & Loan, et al., Mortgage Banking & Consumer Credit Alert, March 6, 2008
- Co-Author, Developments in “Firm Offer” Litigation Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, The Review of Banking & Financial Services, February 2008
- Co-Author, Collective Claims: Learning from the U.S. Experience, PLC Magazine, January/February 2008
- Co-Author, Class or No Class? Loan Rescission Under TILA and Class Actions: The Debate Continues, Mortgage Banking & Consumer Credit Alert, February 2007
- Co-Author, Big Dollar Liability Under FCRA Clarified: Supreme Court Hears Argument Regarding The Standard for Awarding Statutory and Punitive Damages, Mortgage Banking & Consumer Credit Alert, February 2007
- Co-Author, Decisions of Federal Courts Create Uncertainty Concerning Use of Prescreened Offers of Credit: An Update on FCRA Prescreened Offer of Credit Class Action Litigation, Mortgage Banking/Consumer Credit Alert, April 2006
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