Kenneth Starr

Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946 in Vernon, Texas) is an American lawyer and former judge who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the Whitewater land transactions by President Bill Clinton. He later submitted to Congress the Starr Report, which led to Clinton's impeachment on charges arising from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Early life

Kenneth Starr was born in Vernon, Texas in 1946, the son of a Church of Christ minister and part time barber. He first attended Harding University but transferred to George Washington University where he received his B.A. He later attended Brown University (M.A) and Duke University (J.D.). After his graduation from Duke, he became a clerk for then-Chief Justice Warren Burger. He then worked as an attorney for several years in Los Angeles before returning to Washington, D.C. to serve as a councelor to U.S. Attorney General William French Smith in 1981.

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Vernon, Texas - 1946 - Church of Christ - Minister - Barber - Harding University - George Washington University - B.A - Brown University - M.A - Duke University - J.D. - Chief Justice - Warren Burger - Los Angeles - U.S. Attorney General - William French Smith - 1981

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