Professor Lawrence A. Frolik

Mr. Frolik is a Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. A frequent lecturer on legal issues of aging, and a prolific author, his books include Advising the Elderly or Disabled Client (2nd Ed. with Brown) (Warren, Gorham & Lamont), Aging and the Law: An Interdisciplinary Reader (Temple University Press), Elder Law in a Nutshell (3rd Ed. with Kaplan) (West), and the casebook, Elder Law: Cases and Materials (3rd Ed. with Barnes) (LEXIS). He is past Co-Chair of the ABA Torts and Insurance Section, a member of the ABA Bioethics and the Law Committee, past Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Elder Law Section and a member of the AARP Pennsylvania's Executive Council and the Pennsylvania's State Council on Aging.

Professor Frolik is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kendal Corporation, a non-profit entity operated by the Society of Friends in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania that oversees several Continuing Care Retirement Communities located throughout the eastern United States. He is past President of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Network. In 1995, he was a Congressional appointed delegate to the White House Conference on Aging.

Professor Frolik is a member of the National Academy of Elderlaw Attorneys, an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He received his B.A. from the University of Nebraska and his J.D. and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School.