Emmet Flood
American lawyer (born 1956)
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::summary American lawyer (born 1956) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox officeholder"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Emmet Flood |
| office | White House Counsel |
| president | Donald Trump |
| termlabel | Acting |
| term_start | October 17, 2018 |
| term_end | December 10, 2018 |
| predecessor | Don McGahn |
| successor | Pat Cipollone |
| birth_name | Emmet Thomas Flood IV |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| party | Republican |
| education | University of Dallas (BA) |
| University of Texas at Austin (MA, PhD) | |
| Yale University (JD) | |
| :: |
|name = Emmet Flood |office = White House Counsel |president = Donald Trump |termlabel = Acting |term_start = October 17, 2018 |term_end = December 10, 2018 |predecessor = Don McGahn |successor = Pat Cipollone |birth_name = Emmet Thomas Flood IV |birth_date = |birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = University of Dallas (BA) University of Texas at Austin (MA, PhD) Yale University (JD) Emmet Thomas Flood IV is an American attorney who served as the interim White House counsel to U.S. President Donald Trump from October 17, 2018, to December 10, 2018, following the resignation of Don McGahn. He also served as a special counsel during the George W. Bush administration.
Early life and education
Flood attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, graduating in 1974.
Flood obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dallas in 1978. He received a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981 and 1986, respectively. His doctoral thesis was entitled Philosophy and narrative form. He went on to earn a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1991.
He was an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellow at Wesleyan University from 1987 to 1988, where he delivered a colloquium entitled: "Some Uses of Narrative in the History of Philosophy: Synoptic Judgment and Philosophical Plot".
Career
Flood was a law clerk for Judge Ralph K. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Flood advised President Bill Clinton during his impeachment process. Flood's law firm also represented Hillary Clinton on matters relating to the Clinton email controversy.
Flood represented Dick Cheney in response to Wilson v. Cheney, a civil lawsuit filed by Valerie Plame for his alleged role in the Plame affair.
Flood advised Virginia governor Bob McDonnell on his response to the corruption investigation into his activities. Flood was retained by Cameron International to defend them after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
In 2017, Flood was offered a job in the Trump administration, though he declined. In March, 2018, Flood met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss the White House's response to the Special Counsel investigation.
On May 2, 2018, it was reported that Flood would be replacing Ty Cobb as the White House attorney dealing with the investigation of President Donald Trump by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
On October 18, 2018, Flood was appointed assistant to the president and counsel to the president, replacing Don McGahn, to temporarily hold the position until the hiring of Pat Cipollone is complete. He demitted office on December 10, 2018.
Private sector
He is a partner at Williams & Connolly. He wrote a response in late April 2019 to Attorney General William Barr concerning the Mueller Report.
Personal
He served on the advisory council of the Catholic Charities Legal Network.
Publications
References
References
- (May 2, 2018). "'The gloves may be coming off': Shake-up of Trump legal team signals combative posture toward special counsel".
- Helderman, Rosalind S.. (May 2, 2018). "'A very steady hand': New White House lawyer brings deep experience as he enters fray of Russia investigation". [[The Washington Post]].
- Pioneer Press Staff. (March 14, 2015). "Fun for a cause at Blackfriars Dinner Dance". [[Chicago Tribune]].
- (April 24, 2015). "Lumen Tranquillum Award presented to Fr. Charles W. Dahm, '55 Hall of Fame Kelly R. Welsh '70 Emmet T. Flood IV '74.".
- (January 9, 2012). "Fenwick Alumni Magazine - January 2012". [[Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois).
- "Philosophy and narrative form.". [[WorldCat]].
- (May 2, 2018). "Who is Emmet Flood, Trump's new Russia probe lawyer?". [[Politico]].
- "Emmet T. Flood". [[Williams & Connolly]].
- "INVENTORY OF THE BROADSIDE CASE COLLECTION, 1896 - 2004". [[Wesleyan University]].
- Hutcheson, Ron. (June 9, 2007). "Bush circling the wagons for legal battle". [[San Diego Union-Tribune]].
- White House Office of the Press Secretary. (June 8, 2007). "Personnel Announcement". [[National Archives and Records Administration]].
- Freifeld, Karen. (March 10, 2018). "Clinton impeachment lawyer met with Trump about White House job: source". [[Reuters]].
- Cone, Allen. (March 11, 2018). "Trump denies report he's unhappy with legal team". [[United Press International.
- (July 4, 2013). "Washington lawyer Flood counsels McDonnell on probes". [[Richmond Times-Dispatch]].
- (September 6, 2014). "How the federal corruption case against the McDonnells came together". [[The Washington Post]].
- (June 21, 2010). "BP, Transocean tap a well of Washington lobbyists and consultants". [[The Washington Post]].
- Moore, Jack B.. (June 16, 2010). "INQUIRY INTO THE DEEPWATER HORIZON GULF COAST OIL SPILL". [[Government Publishing Office]].
- (March 10, 2018). "Trump Talks With Clinton Impeachment Lawyer About Aiding in Mueller Response". [[The New York Times]].
- (2018-05-02). "Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb". The New York Times.
- Lee, Mary. "Emmet Flood temporarily takes McGahn's place as White House counsel". [[Politico]].
- Politi, Daniel. (March 11, 2018). "Trump in Talks With Clinton's Impeachment Lawyer for Possible Expansion of Legal Team".
- (2 May 2019). "Read the letter White House counsel Emmet Flood wrote to AG Barr".
- "Annual Report 2017". [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington]].
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