Barbara Fried

Barbara Fried
Fried in 2023
Born1951 (age 7374)
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)

Barbara Helen Fried (/frd/; born 1951) is an American lawyer and professor emerita at Stanford Law School. 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.