Larry D Thompson Author

Larry D. Thompson is the former U.S. Deputy Attorney General (2001-2003), the second highest ranking position in the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also served as Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at PepsiCo, the John A. Sibley Chair of Corporate and Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, and Counsel at Finch McCranie LLP.

As Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General John Ashcroft named Thompson in 2002 to lead the Department of Justice’s National Security Coordination Council. Also in 2002, President George W. Bush named Thompson to head the government-wide Corporate Fraud Task Force. Thompson holds a BA from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri, a MA from Michigan State University, and a law degree from the University of Michigan. He lives in Georgia.