Barbara Fried

Barbara Fried
Photograph of Barbara Fried in profile
Fried in 2023
Born1951 (age 72–73)
PartnerJoseph Bankman
Children
RelativesLinda P. Fried (sister)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
InstitutionsStanford Law School
Main interestsLegal ethics
Notable works"What Does Matter? The Case for Killing the Trolley Problem (Or Letting It Die)" (2012)[1]

Barbara Helen Fried (/friːd/) (born 1951)[2] is an American lawyer and professor emeritus at Stanford Law School.[3][4] She is the mother of FTX and Alameda Research co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried, convicted on seven counts of criminal fraud as CEO of the now-defunct and bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, alongside other company insiders.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "Fried, Barbara 1951-". www.worldcat.org. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Barbara H. Fried". stanford.edu. Archived from the original on June 11, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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  5. ^ Baer, Justin (November 12, 2023). "Bankman-Fried's Parents Stand by Their Sam—and Face Their Own Legal Perils". WSJ. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "Sam Bankman-Fried's Stanford law parents 'defeated' by his guilty verdict". East Bay Times. November 3, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.