# Jesse Fried

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American legal scholar

**Jesse M. Fried** is an American legal scholar. He is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School), where he was also the Dane Professor of Law from 2014 to 2024.[1]

## Biography

Jesse Fried was born to a [Jewish](/source/Jewish) family.[2] He graduated from [Harvard College](/source/Harvard_College) with a [B.A.](/source/B.A.) in economics in 1986 with membership in [Phi Beta Kappa](/source/Phi_Beta_Kappa). He then received an [M.A.](/source/M.A.) in economics from the [Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences](/source/Harvard_Graduate_School_of_Arts_and_Sciences) in 1989 and a [J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor), *[magna cum laude](/source/Magna_cum_laude)*, from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) in 1992.

## Legal and academic career

After law school, he worked as a [tax attorney](/source/Tax_attorney) at the law firm of Sullivan & Worcester in [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston), from 1993 to 1995.[3]

Fried was the John Olin Fellow in Law, Economics, and Business at Harvard University from 1995 to 1997 and became a professor of law at the [UC Berkeley School of Law](/source/UC_Berkeley_School_of_Law) in 2003. In 2009, he became a professor of law at Harvard Law School and received the law school's appointment as its Dane Professor of Law in 2014.[3] He is an expert in [executive compensation](/source/Executive_compensation), [corporate governance](/source/Corporate_governance), corporate bankruptcy, and [venture capital](/source/Venture_capital).[4]

## Awards and recognition

In 2023, Fried was the 19th most-cited legal scholar in all fields according to the [Social Science Research Network](/source/Social_Science_Research_Network).[5]

## Published works

- Fried, Jesse M.; [Bebchuk, Lucian](/source/Lucian_Bebchuk) (2004). *[Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation](/source/Pay_Without_Performance)*. [Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0674016651](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0674016651).

- Fried, Jesse M. (March 2014). ["Insider Trading via the Corporation"](https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7689&context=penn_law_review). *[University of Pennsylvania Law Review](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_Review)*. **162** (4): 801–839.

- Fried, Jesse M. (2021). ["Will Nasdaq's Diversity Rules Harm Investors?"](https://journals.law.harvard.edu/hblr/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2022/02/Fried-Will-Nasdaq-Diversity-Rules-Harm-Investors.pdf) (PDF). *[Harvard Business Law Review](/source/Harvard_Business_Law_Review)*. **12** (1): 1–8.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Jesse M. Fried"](https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/jesse-m-fried/). *Harvard Law School*. Retrieved 2025-10-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Fried, Jesse M.; Meyerson, Matthew L. (September 5, 2024). ["Why We're Founding Harvard Faculty for Israel"](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/9/5/fried-meyerson-harvard-faculty-for-israel/). *[The Harvard Crimson](/source/The_Harvard_Crimson)*. Retrieved 2025-10-04.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) Fried, Jesse M. (August 2025). ["Jesse M. Fried | CV"](https://helios.law.harvard.edu/Public/Faculty/Cv.aspx?i=10289). [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). Retrieved 4 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Jesse Fried will join HLS faculty"](https://hls.harvard.edu/today/jesse-fried-will-join-hls-faculty/). [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School). June 8, 2009. Retrieved 2025-10-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Harvard Law faculty among the most cited legal scholars by SSRN"](https://hls.harvard.edu/today/harvard-law-faculty-among-the-most-cited-legal-scholars-by-ssrn/). [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School). May 23, 2023. Retrieved 2025-10-04.

## External links

- [Page](https://fedsoc.org/bio/jesse-fried-1) at the [Federalist Society](/source/Federalist_Society)

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