Professor Lawrence is a prominent due diligence and related investment practices, governance, and ethics scholar. His work has been cited authoritatively in numerous academic publications including the Yale Law Journal and the Southern California Law Review, by the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, and in pleadings before the Supreme Court. Professor Lawrence also has advised the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding such matters and has served as a consulting expert in a number of high profile cases.Professor Lawrence is a member of the adjunct faculty of the Dedman School of Law of Southern Methodist University where he teaches due diligence studies, the founder and executive director of the Center for Advanced Due Diligence Studies and executive chairman and chief investment officer of Pacific Financial Group. Most recently, he was Visiting Due Diligence Scholar in Residence at the University of London.Professor Lawrence is the author of the graduate textbooks Due Diligence: Law, Standards and Practice and Due Diligence, a Scholarly Study. He is also the author of the two-volume treatise Due Diligence in Business Transactions and co-author of the treatise Representing High Tech Companies. Professor Lawrence holds a FINRA Series 65 license, a professional certification in Strategic Decision and Risk Management from Stanford University, and a J.

D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School where he graduated Order of the Coif. He is a current or former member of or active in, among others, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Compliance and Legal Society, Investment Management Consultants Association, the National Association of Plan Advisors, the National Association of Corporate Directors, and the Global Association of Risk Professionals, and has been admitted to the state bars of New York, the District of Columbia, and Texas.Previously, Professor Lawrence was a global managing partner with an international law firm where he founded and taught the firm?s due diligence training program, managed the firm?s investment fund, and chaired the technology, media, and telecommunications practice. He has served on the board of directors and various committees of public and privately held companies.