About Lawrence H. Stotter
Lawrence H. Stotter was born on September 24, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. After serving in the Korean War, he attended The Ohio State University on the GI Bill. Stotter graduated in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce. During his undergraduate years, he was a member of the Bucket and Dipper, the Commerce College Council, Delta Sigma Rho, the Forensic Society (Vice President), the Junior Class Cabinet, the Men's Honorary Advisory Committee, Sailing Club (Treasurer), Student Court, and the Union Activities.
Stotter then attended law school at The Ohio State University College of Law, graduating in 1958. During law school, he was a member of the Junior Class Cabinet (Vice President), the Law Journal (Associate Editor), Moot Court (Associate Justice), Phi Delta Phi, and the Student Bar Association.
After graduating, Stotter was admitted to the California bar in 1959, where he went on to practice. Stotter would later become a nationally renowned trial lawyer, specializing in family law litigation. His many honors and appointments include being: Member of the National Council on Family Relations; Delegate of the Hague Conference on Private International Law; Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Family Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco; Vice Chairman, Chairman, and Advisor of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California; Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association; and first editor-in-chief of the section's magazine, Family Advocate.
In 2006, Lawrence Stotter generously donated his collection of approximately 200 rare and historical books and manuscripts relating to women and the law and family and domestic law to The Ohio State University Moritz Law Library.
Selected Bibliography
To Put Asunder: The Laws of Matrimonial Strife by Call Number: K675 .S768 2011A readable selected history of family law, To Put Asunder traverses more than two thousand years of continuing attempts by various societies to inhibit the desires of men and women, kings and commoners, to terminate their unsatisfactory marriages.
- Rethinking Joint Custody: A Cautious Retreat from a Popular Cure-All
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6 Compleat Law. 37 (1989). - The Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction Has Reached Capitol Hill9 Hast. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev 285 (1986).
- Redemption Is Also an Economic Issue - The Redemption of Corporate Stock Requires Sophisticated Handling by the Attorney
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3 Fam. Advoc. 6 (1981). - Drafting the Marital Settlement Agreement: Strategies and Techniques by Lawrence H. StotterCall Number: KF529 .D7 1977
Acknowledgements
- Alumni NewsExcerpt from All Rise (Spring, 2011): Lawrence Stotter ’58 is the first recipient of the “Legal Legend” Award established by the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA). Stotter was presented the award at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
- Big Case, Big DealExcerpt from All Rise (Spring, 2017): Lawrence Stotter '58 placed first in his age group (85-89) in the decathlon at the Western Regional Multi Championship, which was held Sept. 10-11, 2016, in Kentfield, California. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for the decathlon event for his age group. Stotter is also currently ranked in the top 25 in the U.S. for his age group in the following track and field events: shot put, javelin, discus, high jump, 100 meter run, and 400 meter run in the current USATF 2016 Masters Track and Field rankings.
- Honor Roll of DonorsAcknowledgement in the Law Record (Fall, 2001)
- Honor Roll of VolunteersAcknowledgement in the Law Record (Summer, 1999)
- Oyez! Oyez!Excerpt from The Buckeye Barrister (March-April, 1958): Larry Stotter and Don Work set the distance record in quest of legal opportunities in the San Francisco area.
Archived Images
- Law Record (Fall/Winter, 1998)Image of Lawrence Stotter, with classmates, at the Class of 1958's 40 Year Reunion
- All Rise (Winter, 2009)Image of Lawrence Stotter, with classmates Ray Bichimer and Nancy Bichimer, at the Class of 1958's 50 Year Reunion
- Makio: Volume LXXV (1956)Class portrait of Lawrence Stotter, who graduated with his undergraduate degree in 1956, in The Ohio State University's student yearbook, the Makio
- Makio: Volume LXXVII (1958)Class portrait of Lawrence Stotter, graduating from law school
