Samuel Sumner Freedman (July 5, 1927 – November 4, 2012) was an American jurist and legislator.

Freedman was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1951. Freedman graduated from George Washington University in 1948 and Yale Law School in 1954. Freedman was admitted to the Connecticut bar and practiced law in Bridgeport, Connecticut with his father. Freedman served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1973 and was a Republican. He then served as a judge on the Connecticut Superior Court from 1978 to 1997. Freedman died at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut.[1][2][3]

Freedman represented Easton, Weston and Westport in the state legislature in 1973 and 1974 where he chaired a subcommittee that authored legislation creating a public defender system in Connecticut.[4]

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  1. ^ Death notice
  2. ^ Samuel Sumner Freedman-obituary
  3. ^ Connecticut General Assembly Members database
  4. ^ Staff (November 6, 2012). "Samuel Freedman, State Judge And Lawmaker, Dies At 85". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
Connecticut House of Representatives
Preceded by
Samuel "Sam" Liskov
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 135th district

January 3, 1973–January 8, 1975
Succeeded by
Paul C. Manchester