Lawrence Barcella

E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr., often known as Larry Barcella (23 May 1945 – 4 November 2010 ) was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (1971–1986) and a criminal defense lawyer in private practice (1986–2010), specializing in white-collar crime. Barcella sought an internship at the Justice Department in his second year of law school, but with none available, was offered a full-time job on graduation instead.

Barcella left the US Attorney's Office in June 1986. At Washington, Perito & Dubuc he played "a key role in BCCI's legal defense following the money laundering indictment in Tampa." According to the Senate BCCI report, Barcella worked directly with Paul Laxalt, then a partner in the law firm and chairman of the 1980 Reagan election campaign, on the BCCI account, which earned the company $2.16m from October 1988 to August 1990. Other clients included Lyn Nofziger, Melvyn R. Paisley, and José Blandón.

Awards Harold J. Sullivan Award of the Assistant United States Attorney Association (1979) John Marshall Award for Outstanding Achievement in Litigation of the U.S. Department of Justice (1983)