Lawrence A. Cunningham

Lawrence A. Cunningham is the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law Emeritus at the George Washington University Law School and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.

His research focuses on corporate governance, corporate law, accounting, and value investing. He has written dozens of books and scores of scholarly articles, including “The Essays of Warren Buffett,” co-authored with Warren Buffett; “The AIG Story,” co-authored with Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg; “Berkshire Beyond Buffett; Quality Investing”; “Margin of Trust”; “Quality Shareholders”; and “Dear Shareholder”.

Before joining the University of Delaware, Cunningham served as special counsel at Mayer Brown. Earlier, he was the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law at George Washington University, where he founded and directed GWNY, the law school’s business-law training program. Before that, he was professor of law and vice dean at Boston College Law School and practiced corporate law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, specializing in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and international transactions.

Cunningham serves on the boards of Markel Group and Constellation Software, where he is vice chair. He previously served on the board of Kelly Partners Group and is a trustee of the Museum of American Finance.

He received the National Association of Corporate Directors’ B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to corporate governance. Two of his books, “Contracts in the Real World” and “Berkshire Beyond Buffett,” were named Outstanding Academic Titles by the American Library Association.

He earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was an editor of the Cardozo Law Review. He also earned a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Delaware, graduating with honors.