Larry Thompson

Larry Thompson (2004)

Larry Dean Thompson (born November 15, 1945 in Hannibal , Missouri ) is an American lawyer and business manager who was Deputy US Attorney General and has been Vice President of PepsiCo since 2004 .

Life

After attending school, Thompson studied first at Culver-Stockton College , where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 , and at Michigan State University , which he left with a Master of Arts in 1969 . He then completed a law degree at the University of Michigan in 1974 with a Juris Doctor . After completing his studies, he went into the private sector and was initially legal advisor to the agricultural and biotechnology company Monsanto from 1974 to 1977 before working as a lawyer at King & Spalding , a law firm with 200 lawyers today and based in Atlanta, between 1977 and 1982 .

From 1982 to 1986, he succeeded James E. Baker as a federal attorney for the Northern District of Georgia before returning to King & Spalding as a partner from 1986 to 2001 . During his legal practice he was also a Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts .

In 2001, Thompson, a Republican member, became US Deputy Attorney General and deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush and held that office until 2003. In this capacity, in March 2002, he approved the controversial deportation of the Canadian national of Syrian descent, Maher Arar , to Syria on alleged terrorism charges .

After retiring from government service, he returned to the private sector and was not only a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines between 2003 and 2005 , but also a Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution from 2003 to 2004 . Thompson has been Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Advisor of PepsiCo since 2004 and was also a member of the Board of Directors of the US Chamber of Commerce and Providian Financial Corporation . In 2006 he was a candidate to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor at the Supreme Court of the United States ; later he was acted as a potential Attorney General in case John McCain won the 2008 presidential election .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ABA Journal: The Lawyers Who May Run America (November 1, 2008)

Web links

• Larry Thompson in nndb (English)
• Profile (forbes.com)