Douglas K Freeman

Douglas K. Freeman, J.D., LL.M., is Senior Managing Director, First Foundation Advisors. In this capacity, he provides strategic planning and organizational management advice for business, nonprofit, foundation, and family clients. He is a noted, now retired, tax attorney and founder of the law firm, Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, LLP, located in Los Angeles and Irvine, California. Mr. Freeman has been a consultant to nearly 300 family foundations, support organizations and public charities throughout the United States. He is a director of seven family or independent foundations, and three public charities – Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of California, Irvine Foundation and current chairman of its $1 billion campaign; and a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Southern California Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy. Mr. Freeman is a graduate of Stanford University (A.B. with Distinction, 1967), University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1970), and the University of San Diego (LL.M. in Taxation, 1984). Until retirement, Mr. Freeman was designated a Certified Specialist in Taxation under the State Bar of California.