Biography
Larry Salzman is the Vice President for Litigation and Strategy at the Pacific Legal Foundation. He oversees the Supreme Court docket at PLF and helps its nearly 75 litigating attorneys and support staff bring cases to secure enduring legal change for liberty.
Larry has been a public interest litigator for nearly two decades, focusing on property rights and economic freedom. Recent highlights include Sheetz v. County of El Dorado and Tyler v. Hennepin County at the Supreme Court. He has been with PLF for more than a decade. Previously, he was a judicial clerk at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and a litigator at the Institute for Justice.
He graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law (J.D. 2002), where he was assistant editor of the San Diego Law Review. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Ayn Rand Institute.
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