Background
Hunt, Lawrence Halley was born on July 15, 1943. Son of Lawrence Halley Senior and Mary Hamilton (Johnson) Hunt.
Hunt, Lawrence Halley was born on July 15, 1943. Son of Lawrence Halley Senior and Mary Hamilton (Johnson) Hunt.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Certificat, 1966). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1969).
Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1967-1969. Comment Editor, 1968-1969. Chairman, Section on Commodities, Futures and Options, Subcommittee on Securities Issues and Trading, International Bar Association, since 1989.
Chairman, Subcommittee on Futures Commission Merchants and Member, Executive Council, American Bar Association Committee on Futures Regulation. Member, Illinois Securities Advisory Committee, 1978-1987. Spoken languages: French.
Associate Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, 1969-1970, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 1970-1975. Partner Sidley Austin LLP and predecessor firms, 1975—2007. Member executive committee Sidley Austin, 1985—2002.
Member securities advisory committee Illinois Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois, 1977—1987. Professor graduate program finance services law Illinois Institute of Technology-Chicago-Kent College Law, 1987—1999. Director Melanoma Research Foundation, since 2006.
Managing editor University Chicago Law Review, 1968-1969. Contributor aticles to professional journals.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation, Illinois Bar Association. Member: American Bar Association (committee on commodity regulation, past chairman subcommittee on futures commission merchants, past member executive council), International Bar Association (past chairman business law committee sub-committee futures and options), Indian Hill Club.
Hockey, golf.
Married Katherine Collins. Children: Caroline Smith, Laura Hamilton, Darwin Halley.