Barbara Fried

Barbara Fried
Photograph of Barbara Fried in profile
Fried in 2023
Born1951 (age 74–75)
PartnerJoseph Bankman
Children
RelativesLinda P. Fried (sister)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
InstitutionsStanford Law School
Main interests
Legal ethics
Notable works
"What Does Matter? The Case for Killing the Trolley Problem (Or Letting It Die)" (2012)

Barbara Helen Fried (/friːd/; born 1951) is an American lawyer and professor emerita at Stanford Law School. Fried and Joseph Bankman are the parents 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.