Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | Joseph D. Freedman
Joe Freedman is a Founder and Board Member of RFx Legal, LLC. He also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Mr. Freedman has overall responsibility for the company's strategy, organization and operations.
Mr. Freedman is the former Chairman, Founder and Board Member of Investigative Compliance Source, LLC and AMERICAN Legal Search (ALS). Listed on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the United States, ALS has also been a recipient of numerous awards including the Future 50 Award and one of the Best Places to Work from several of American City Business Journals and regional journals. ALS has also been a recipient of BusinessTN Magazine’s Fast 50.
Mr. Freedman has spent the last 20 years in the legal services industry working with Fortune 1000 companies, and consulting with domestic and international law firms. Prior to launching ALS, he founded AMICUS Legal Staffing, Inc. (AMICUS). As the CEO of AMICUS, he and his management team transformed the start-up company to the largest, privately held legal search firm in the United States and later sold it to a NYSE-listed company. During Mr. Freedman's tenure, AMICUS received numerous awards for exceptional growth and in 1997, the company was ranked 99th on the Inc. 500 list. In his role at AMICUS, Mr. Freedman was named a finalist for “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Nashville Business Journal. Following AMICUS, Mr. Freedman became a founding member/investor in Background America, LLC which was later sold to Kroll Inc. – the world’s leading risk consulting company. Mr. Freedman was also a founder and board member of several service businesses including two technology companies with international offices in Egypt and India.
With more than a decade building domestic and international legal and technology service businesses, Mr. Freedman’s entrepreneurial spirit has touched a number of individuals and companies throughout the US and abroad. He is an accomplished business executive with extensive experience launching, growing and managing new ventures. Mr. Freedman currently serves as the Treasurer and is a member of Board of Directors of The National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC), an organization that represents the legal search profession and is committed to promoting ethical standards among its members. He also serves on NALSC’s Ethics and Audit Committees. Mr. Freedman has served on numerous civic boards including the Entrepreneurs Organization (“EO”), Nashville Technology Council, Partnership 2010's Entrepreneurship Task Force, Nashville Zoo and Buddies of Nashville. Mr. Freedman is currently the membership chair for the local chapter of EO. Mr. Freedman earned a Juris Doctorate degree and a B.S. in Finance.