When

Friday, September 23, 2022
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Where

Room: 2260

Event Description

Featuring Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.

Lawrence “Larry” Krasner was sworn in for a second term as Philadelphia’s 26th District Attorney on Jan. 2, 2022. 

Throughout his 34-year career, Krasner has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to social justice, offering his services for free to defend protesters involved with movements including Black Lives Matter, DACA Dreamers, Grannies for Peace, and many others.

Early in his career, Krasner served as a federal public defender before entering private practice as a civil rights and criminal defense attorney. Before being elected Philadelphia’s District Attorney, Krasner served as of-counsel at the law firm of Greenblatt, Pierce, Funt, and Flores. 

Krasner was born in 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri, to a World War II veteran and author father and evangelist mother. He attended public school in the St. Louis and Philadelphia areas and earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago in 1983 and his law degree from Stanford Law School in 1987. 

He’s lived in Philadelphia for more than three decades with his wife of over 30 years, retired Court of Common Pleas Judge Lisa M. Rau. After many years on Philadelphia’s highest trial bench, Judge Rau retired to found her own private mediation company, Resonate Mediation & Arbitration. They have two adult sons.

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