Lawrence Gerald Wallace (March 25, 1931 – February 13, 2020)[1] was a deputyUnited States solicitor general who argued 157 times before theUnited States Supreme Court.[2][3][4]
Wallace receivedBachelor of Arts andMaster of Public Administration degrees fromSyracuse University in 1952 and 1954, respectively, and aBachelor of Laws fromColumbia University School of Law in 1959, where he was Editor-in-Chief of theColumbia Law Review.[2] After practicing law for a year with the Washington, D.C. firm ofCovington & Burling, he served as alaw clerk to JusticeHugo Black of theUnited States Supreme Court.[2] After completing his clerkship in 1961, he joined the faculty of theDuke University Law School, where he remained until joining the office of theUnited States Solicitor General in January 1968.[2][5][6] Wallace was promoted to Deputy Solicitor General in 1970 and retired from the Solicitor General's office in 2003.[2][7] In 1989, he received theMary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service from theAmerican Bar Association.[8]
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