Lorrin Freeman is the District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 10, which includes Wake County in North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received a Bachelor of Arts with the Highest Honors. She then earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She began serving as an Assistant District Attorney from 1997 to 1999 in District 10. She served two terms as the elected Clerk of Superior Court in Wake County before she was elected as District Attorney in 2014.

District Attorney Lorrin Freeman was the first woman to be elected as the District Attorney in Wake County, marking a historic moment in North Carolina. She expanded mental health diversion programs and established expungement clinics, helping those with criminal records reintegrate into society and rebuild their lives. She served as the President of the North Carolina Conference of Clerks of Superior Court in August 2013 and was presented with the Conference of Clerks President’s Award in 2010. In 2018, she was honored with the Judge Robinson O. Everett Award for Legal Excellence by the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity at Campbell University, a testament to her commitment to the legal profession.

District Attorney Lorrin Freeman was a member North Carolina Attorney General’s Office, where she represented the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. For six years, she served on the City of Raleigh’s Human Relations Commission, including roles as Chair and Vice Chair, and she was also a member of the board of the North Carolina Victims’ Assistance Network. She is a past member of the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys Executive Committee and currently serves on the Executive Committee and Board of the National District Attorneys Association and is the current co-chair of the NDAA Wellbeing Committee.