Quiet Counsel: Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law
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In this thoughtful and candid memoir, former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Larry D. Thompson explores the big questions of his life and career, from his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri to his time advising the nation’s most powerful figures in government and business leadership.
With a strong belief in the principles of the U.S. Constitution and a desire for cooperation across ideological, social, and racial lines, Thompson rose through the ranks in both government and corporate practice. His career trajectory touches on some of our most pressing issues. As Deputy U.S. Attorney General under President George W. Bush, he guided the administration through complex questions concerning privacy and security. As counsel for PepsiCo, Inc. and the Compliance Monitor for Volkswagen, he weighed in on important debates about corporate responsibility. And as a successful Black man with a moderate approach to politics, he has had to confront issues of diversity and justice in modern America.
Quiet Counsel is a collection of Thompson’s personal and legal philosophies, a series of considered arguments for becoming a safer, fairer, and better nation through the legal system. In an era where the loudest debaters dominate our political and social conversations, Thompson proves that sometimes the quiet voice is the one most worth heeding.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: Lever of the Law
CHAPTER 2: Making Our Country More Secure
CHAPTER 3: Smart Capitalism
CHAPTER 4: Crime in the Suites
CHAPTER 5: It’s the Culture That’s Important!
CHAPTER 6: Race: The Evergreen Question
CHAPTER 7: Escaping the Political Rhetoric of Crime
CHAPTER 8: Life
ISBN
9781633310964
Publication Date
2024
Publisher
Disruption Books
City
Washington D.C.
Keywords
ethics, law, corporate, boards, executives, legal system
Disciplines
Legal Profession
Repository Citation
Thompson, Larry D., "Quiet Counsel: Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law" (2024). Books. 195.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/books/195