Kenneth Starr/Definition

Dean of the Pepperdine Law School, and a partner with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis,; served as Solicitor General of the United States 1989-1993; judge,  United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 1983-1989; as counselor to U.S. Attorney General William French Smith from 1981 to 1983; Warren E. Burger from 1975 to 1977 and 5th Circuit Judge David W. Dyer from 1973 to 1974. Judge Starr served as Independent Counsel for five Executive Branch investigations, including Whitewater, from August 1994 to October 1999