Lawrence A. Cunningham

Lawrence Cunningham's two dozen books include The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, which Cunningham self-published into an international best-seller, and he has arranged for translation into a dozen languages in local partnerships around the world that are authorized for limited local sale. The current version of his "masterpiece," as Buffett calls it, is the 5th edition, which Cunningham published in October 2019 with help from his friends at Carolina Academic Press. 

Cunningham's other notable books include Quality Investing (long time best seller with AKO Capital), The AIG Story (with Hank Greenberg), and Margin of Trust (which Warren Buffett singled out for special mention in his 2020 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders). Cunningham consults on corporate governance and shareholder interests and has served on numerous corporate boards of both private and public companies, including Constellation Software Inc., where he is currently vice chairman. 

Lawrence A. Cunningham is an authority on corporate governance, corporate culture, and corporate law and advises public companies and boards of directors in those areas and advises managers and shareholders on investor relations as Managing Partner of the Quality Shareholders Group.

Professor Cunningham has written dozens of books and scores of articles on a wide range of subjects in law and business. These include best-selling books such as The Essays of Warren Buffett (in collaboration with Warren Buffett), The AIG Story (written with Hank Greenberg), and influential research articles on accounting and corporate governance. Before retiring from GW in 2022, Cunningham founded and for many years directed GWNY, GW Law's innovative boot camp for aspiring Wall Street lawyers.

Professor Cunningham has served on several public company boards, including currently as vice chairman of Constellation Software Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange), owner and operator of nearly one-thousand vertical market software businesses, and Kelly Partners Group (Australian Stock Exchange), owner and operator of nearly one hundred independent accountancy firms.

Before becoming a professor, Cunningham practiced corporate law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York from 1988 to 1994, where his practice areas included corporate governance, M&A, finance, and international. In 2018, Professor Cunningham received a B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).