Larry Cunningham
Larry Cunningham is one of the foremost experts on Berkshire Hathaway and corporate governance. He is the author of The Essays of Warren Buffett, which Cunningham self-published into an international best-seller that he has arranged for translation into a dozen languages. Prior to his retirement in 2022, he was Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law at George Washington University. He also taught at Boston College Law School, where he served a two-year term as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. His extensive work has been published in top university reviews such as Columbia Law Review, influential professional journals such as Directors & Boards, and mainstream media such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Today, Cunningham advises companies, boards and shareholders and continues to serve on numerous corporate boards, of both private and public companies.
Larry Cunningham Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Henry St. George Tucker III Professor
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Professor and Vice Dean
Academic History
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J.D., Business Law
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B.A., Economics, with honors
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Director, Markel Group
Director and Vice Chairman, Constellation Software
Director, KPGH
Special Counsel, Mayer Brown
Board of Trustees, Museum of American Finance
Board of Advisors, Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at University of Delaware
RECOGNITION
2018 Kenneth D. West Lifetime Achievement Award, National Association of Corporate Directors
2017 Girard College Alumni Association Award of Merit
2014 Outstanding Book of the Year, American Library Association
2012 Outstanding Book of the Year, American Library Association
EARLY CAREER
From 1992 to 2002, he taught at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served a five-year term as Director of the Heyman Center on Corporate Governance and received the Professor of the Year Award in 2000.
He has also taught or visited at Columbia, Fordham, St. John’s, and Vanderbilt, as well as Central European University, Hebrew University, University of Navarra, and Oxford.
Before entering academia, he practiced corporate law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York.
At Cravath, he focused on corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, negotiation, and ABS.
EXPERTISE
He is an authority on corporate governance, corporate culture, and corporate law, and teaches business-related courses that span these fields.
His corporate consulting experience includes many industries and audiences, boards, shareholders, management and employees.