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Larry has spent over 30 years practicing in the private sector, but regards his two tours with the Department of Justice as among his most satisfying professional experiences. He served as an Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor in 1973-1974 and then returned to Justice during the Carter Administration where he worked in the Office of Legal Counsel as the First Deputy Assistant Attorney General under both Attorneys General Griffin Bell and Ben Civiletti.
Education
J.D., University of Texas, 1970; Texas Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1969-1970; Order of the Coif
B.A., University of Texas, 1967
Clerkships
U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., 1971-1973
U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Hugo L. Black, 1971
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Judge Carl McGowan, 1970-1971
Professional Recognitions and Awards
Distinguished Honorary Alumnus Award, University of Arizona Law School, May, 2004
Judge Learned Hand Award for Community Service, Arizona Chapter of American Jewish Committee, March, 2003
Arizona State Bar Foundation Walter E. Craig Award for Career Service, 2001
President's Commendation, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, January, 1997 and 1999
Civil Libertarian of the Year, Arizona Civil Liberties Union, 1993, 2000
Pro Bono Service Award, State Bar of Arizona, 1991
Exceptional Service Award, U.S. Justice Department, 1980
Federal Younger Lawyer of the Year, 1980
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, 2004-2007
The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Appellate Law, editions 1995-2008
Best of the Bar, Business Journal, Pro Bono, 2005
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense
Litigation
Bar Admissions
Arizona, 1975
California, 1971
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1984
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1975
Arizona Supreme Court, 1975
California Supreme Court, 1971
Professional Activities
American Judicature Society, President and member of Executive Committee, 2003-2005, Board of Directors, 1995-present, Criminal Justice Reform Committee, Chair 1992-present
Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Justice Project Chair, 1998-present
American Bar Association, Biological Evidence Task Force, 2003-2005
American Bar Association, Task Force on War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, 1993-1995
Arizona Capital Representation Project, of Directors, 1988-present, Vice President, 1988-present
Arizona State Bar Association, Indigent Defense Task Force, 1995-present
Human Rights First, Lawyer Steering Committee (formerly known as the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights)
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (Adjunct Professor of Law: Advanced Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty, Presidential Powers, Advanced Civil Discovery, and Ethics)
University of Arizona College of Law (Adjunct Professor of Law: Presidential Powers), 1995
Arizona State University Undergraduate School (Guest Faculty Member: Death Penalty, Practicum re: The Justice Project)
St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Tutor: Seventeenth Century Literature - 1983)
University of New Mexico School of Law (Trial Practice - 1983)
Publications and Presentations
Counsel for The Indigent Accused in Death Penalty Cases, The Defender (Winter 2006), co-author
Presentation: Speech to the Harris County Bar The Landscape of Criminal Justice: Texas and Beyond, May 21, 2004
Justice Project Editorial, Why Gideon Mattered to Hugo Black, The Champion, January/February 2003 (reprinted in The Defender, April 2003)
Editorial, Justice Project: 5 Year Report, The Defender, January 2003
Editorial, Restoring Confidence in the Criminal Justice System, Judicature, 2002 (unsigned)
Justice Project: Status Report and Update, The Defender, July 2002
Scrutiny a Must in Criminal Cases, The Arizona Republic, January 2002 (Co-author)
Capital Punishment in Arizona and The "New" Death Penalty Debate, The Defender, June 2001 (Co-author)
Popular Culture and The Death Penalty, The Defender, July 2000 (Co-author)
Aiding the Incarcerated, Litigation Magazine, Winter 2000 (Co-author)
Aryan Brother's legacy is safer prison system, The Arizona Republic, February 6, 2000 (Co-author)
The Justice Project: Y2 OK!, The Defender, January 2000 (Co-author)
Worldwide Concern: We Should Offer Global Support to Those Fighting for Human Rights Anywhere, Arizona Journal, August 9, 1999 (Co-author)
Editorial on Felony Murder: Bad Law Needs Reining in for Sake of Fairness, Arizona Republic, May 14, 1999
May God Have Mercy: A True Story of Crime and Punishment, Judicature, November-December 1998
U.S. Has Everything to Gain From an International Criminal Court, Nov. 9, 1998 Arizona Journal (reprinted in the Colorado Journal, Nevada Journal, and Washington Journal)
Prisons Lack Commitment to Safety, Arizona Republic, April 12, 1998 (Co-author)
Arizona's Crisis in Indigent Capital Representation, Arizona Attorney, March 1998 (Co-author)
Observations on the Mock Impeachment Trial of Abraham Lincoln, 40 Ariz.L.Rev. 351 (1998)
Editorial on Capital Execution: Jose Ceja Didn't Deserve to Die, Arizona Republic, January 25, 1998
New Rules, on Indigent Representations, Arizona Attorney, February, 1997 (Co-author) |
