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Kenneth Winston Starr

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1983

Kenneth Winston Starr , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Kenneth Winston Starr was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S.

Education

  • George Washington UniversityA.B., 1968
  • Brown UniversityM.A., 1969
  • Duke University School of LawJ.D., 1973

Career

Law clerk, Hon. David W. Dyer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1973-1974; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1974-1975; Law clerk, Hon. Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1975-1977; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980, 1993-; Counselor to the Attorney General of the United States, 1981-1983; Solicitor general of the United States, 1989-1993; Independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1994-1999

Biography

Kenneth Winston Starr was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S.

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