Larry Flatley, J.D., grew up on Erie’s east side. He is a graduate of Cathedral Prep, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced law for 38 years at the Pittsburgh-based Law firm, Reed Smith, LLP. Since his retirement, he has studied history through the University of Pittsburgh’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Mr. Flatley has written two articles on 18th century western Pennsylvania history that have been published in the Journal of Erie Studies.