Lawrence J. Fox is a partner (since 1976) and former managing partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where he specializes in securities and general commercial litigation and the counseling of law firms.
Larry received his LL.B., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1968, where he was managing editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He was the I. Grant Irey, Jr. adjunct professor at Penn Law School from 2000-2008. From 2007 to 2010 he was a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School. Currently, Larry is a visiting lecturer of law and the Crawford Lecturer at Yale Law School.
He is the author of a long list of articles that have appeared in regional and national publications, covering a wide variety of subjects with particular emphasis on ethical issues. Larry also has authored Legal Tender: A Lawyer's Guide to Professional Dilemmas, American Bar Association (1995); co-authored (with Susan R. Martyn) Traversing the Ethical Minefield: Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility, Aspen (2d ed. 2008); Red Flags: A Lawyer's Handbook on Legal Ethics, ALI-ABA (2005); Your Lawyer: A User's Guide, Lexis Nexis (2006); How to Deal with Your Lawyer: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions, Oxford University Press - Oceana (2008); Red Flags: A Lawyer's Handbook On Legal Ethics 2009 Supplement, American Law Institute (2009); The Ethics of Representing Organizations: Legal Fictions for Clients, Oxford University Press (2009); co-authored (with Susan R. Martyn and W. Bradley Wendell) The Law Governing Lawyers, National Rules, Standards, Statutes, and State Lawyer Codes, Aspen (2010-2011 ed.); edited and contributed to Raise the Bar: Real World Solutions for a Troubled Profession, ABA (2007); co-edited (with Susan R. Martyn and Andrew S. Polis) and contributed to A Century of Legal Ethics, ABA (2009); and written numerous book chapters relating to internal investigations, sanctions, expert witnesses and other topics.
Larry has participated in well over 100 continuing legal education programs and has given lectures or classes at over 35 law schools. Among his many professional and community service activities, Larry was a member of the ABA Commission on the Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Ethics 2000), Chair of the ABA Post-Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project (1996-2003), chair of the ABA Litigation Section and chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. He was sent by the United States State Department to Argentina (1997) and China (2002) as a specialist and speaker on the Role and Rights of Lawyers. Larry has made numerous television appearances on Nightline, Cross-Fire, the Today Show, Talk Back Live, Burden of Proof, CNN and MSNBC on topics ranging from the Clinton Impeachment to the Death Penalty. He won the ABA's Pro Bono Publico Award in 2005 and the Michael Franck Award in 2007.
Professional & Civic Associations Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow, American Bar Foundation Member, American Law Institute (Adviser, Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers)
Publications
3/27/2012, "The Gang of Thirty-Three: Taking the Wrecking Ball to Client Loyalty"
Yale Law Journal Online
Lawrence Fox
7/1/2010, "Non-Engaging, Engaging, and Disengaging Clients"
Litigation
Lawrence Fox
10/1/2007, Preserving Privilege for In-house Counsel
E-Discovery Alert
Lawrence Fox, Russell Chibe
9/4/2007, "Court Highlights Risks Associated with Attorney-Client Privilege in Parent-Subsidiary Joint Representations"
Corporate Alert
David Rubenstein, Lawrence Fox, Luc Attlan
6/8/2006, Your Lawyer, a User's Guide
LEXIS NEXIS Bender Publications
Lawrence Fox
6/1/2006, To MDP or Not To MDP... The American Perspective
Managing for Success
Lawrence Fox
6/1/2006, The Law Governing Lawyers: National Rules, Standards, Statutes, and State Lawyer Codes, 2006-2007 Statutory Supplement
Aspen Publishers
Lawrence Fox
6/1/2005, Red Flags: Legal Ethics for Lawyers and Your Lawyer, A User's Guide
Lawrence Fox
7/28/2004, Traversing the Ethical Minefield: Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility
Lawrence Fox
10/10/2002, The Special Litigation Committee Investigation: No Undertaking for the Faint of Heart
Lawrence Fox
6/1/1995, Legal Tender: A Guide to Professional Dilemmas
Lawrence Fox
Speaking Engagements
3/30/2012, NIU College of Law
"Can This Profession be Saved?"
Lawrence Fox, Naperville, IL
2/27/2012, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
"Protecting Our Children From Abuse"
Lawrence Fox, Philadelphia, PA
5/4/2011, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
"Hot Topics CLE Series"
Lawrence Fox, Doug Raymond, Philadelphia, PA
4/7/2011, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
"Hot Topics CLE Series"
Lawrence Fox, Stephanie Gournis, David Rubenstein, Chicago, IL
5/16/2010, ALI-ABA
"Multiple Clients, Multiple Headaches: Identifying and Resolving Ethical Red Flags"
Lawrence Fox, Washington, DC
8/20/2009, American Bar Association Section of Litigation
"Litigation Fundamentals: Negotiations and Settlement including Ethics Issues"
Lawrence Fox
4/20/2007, 13th Annual Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP) Conference
"An Interactive Exploration of Some Delicious Ethical Dilemmas for Dessert"
Lawrence Fox
3/30/2007, Tulane University Law School, 19th Annual Corporate Law Institute
"Enhanced Ethics & Professionalism: the Intersection of Legal and Business Concepts"
Lawrence Fox, New Orleans, LA
3/22/2007, ALI-ABA
"Trial Evidence in the Federal Courts: Problems and Solutions"
Lawrence Fox, New York, NY
3/9/2007, 1st Annual National Institute on E-Discovery
"E-Ethics: Practical Considerations and Ethical Issues in Electronic Discovery"
Lawrence Fox, Chicago, IL
1/20/2007, Fourth National Seminar on Forensic Evidence and the Criminal Law
Lawrence Fox, New Orleans, LA
10/13/2006, ALI-ABA-ABA Video Law Review Live Webcast
"Ethics Update 2006: Accidental Clients, Red Flags, and Other Ethical Conundrums"
Lawrence Fox
3/9/2005, Legal Ethics Seminar
Lawrence Fox, Washington, DC
5/13/2004, Judicial Ethics Debate
Lawrence Fox, Philadelphia, PA
4/6/2004, Panel Discussion on Supreme Court Judicial Recusals
Lawrence Fox, Washington, DC