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{{short description|American lawyer from Arkansas}}
'''William H. Kennedy III''' is an American lawyer from [[Arkansas]], who served as associateAssociate [[White House Counsel]] fromduring 1993the to 1995.<ref>{{Cite[[Clinton web|last=Dickenson|first=Mollie|date=1998-07-27|title=Victim of circumstance|url=https://www.salonadministration]].com/1998/07/27/newsa_5/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Salon|language=en}}</ref>
 
== Law career ==
He served as a senior partner in the [[Rose Law Firm]] of [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], with [[Hillary Clinton]], where he focused on commercial, corporate, real estate, and banking law.<ref>{{Cite web|lastlast1=Wednesday|firstfirst1=John Henry|last2=Jan. 25|last3=Read|first3=2006 11:54 Am 1 Min|title=Bill Kennedy Takes General Counsel Post With Cooper Communities|url=https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/49363/bill-kennedy-takes-general-counsel-post-with-cooper-communities|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Arkansas Business|language=en}}</ref> In 1992 according to Kennedy financial disclosure he made 587,000 from his work at the Rose Law Firm.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1994-03-24|title=Clinton Aide Is Penalized in Tax Dispute : White House: Associate Counsel William H. Kennedy III is relieved of some duties. He had failed to pay Social Security levies for a nanny.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-24-mn-37899-story.html|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== Clinton Administrationadministration ==
From 1993 until 1995, he served as anAssociate associate counselCounsel to President [[Bill Clinton]] before returning to Little Rock.<ref name="Arkansasbusiness.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/49363/bill-kennedy-takes-general-counsel-post-with-cooper-communities|title=Bill Kennedy Takes General Counsel Post With Cooper Communities|date=2006-01-25|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> Two other Rose Law Firm partners, [[Vince Foster]] and [[Webster Hubbell|Webb Hubbell]], also joined the Clinton administration, but Kennedy was the only one to return to Little Rock without a scandal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/1998/07/27/newsa_5/|title=Victim of circumstance|date=1998-07-27|accessdate=2014-05-09|website=[[Salon.com]]}}</ref>
 
InOn May 13, 1993, Kennedy andmet travelwith officeagents employeeof Catherinethe CorneliusUS pressured[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) agentsat the White House, where he asked them to investigate Billy Dale, andwho financialhad improprietiesbeen infired from the White House travel office staff. FBIThe agents whohesitated spokeinvestigating withDale, Kennedy saidsaying that hethere was insufficient evidence to justify an investigation, but they agreed to investigate after Kennedy told them that he would turn to the US [[Internal Revenue Service]] (IRS) for help if they diddidn't notinvestigate. open[[Republican anParty investigation(United intoStates)|Republican DaleParty]] heopponents wouldof callthe inClintons alleged that Kennedy pressured the IRSagents.<ref name="trip">{{Cite web |title=Washingtonpost.com: For White House Travel Office, a Two-Year Trip of Trouble |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr950227.htm |access-date=2021-11-18|website=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="Luck of the Draw at IRS">{{Cite web|date=20002022-06-08|title=Luck07 of the Draw at IRS?|urlwebsite=https://www.freedomworkswashingtonpost.org/content/luck-draw-irs|access-date=2021-11-18|website=FreedomWorkscom}}</ref> TheA agentsWhite openedHouse aninternal investigation despite them originally saying that evidence was insufficient for an investigation.review Latercriticized Kennedy's did pressure IRS commissioner [[Margaret Richardson (lawyer)|Margaret Richardson]] into auditing Billy Dale according to white house memosactions.<ref name="Luck of the Draw at IRStrip"/>
 
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In December 1995, the US [[Senate Special Whitewater Committee]], which was investigating Bill Clinton and [[Madison Guaranty]], subpoenaed notes taken by Kennedy during a meeting at [[Williams & Connolly]] on November 5, 1993 with [[David E. Kendall]], [[Bernard Nussbaum]], [[Bruce Lindsey]], and other lawyers for Clinton.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Novak |first=Robert D. |date=1995-12-21 |title=GOVERNMENT LAWYERS, PRIVATE MATTERS |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1995/12/21/government-lawyers-private-matters/a2022f4f-0dfe-4473-86d0-7c9652f25bf3/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news |title=THE KENNEDY NOTES |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1995/12/24/the-kennedy-notes/cfd4d1c9-9f63-465a-a6dd-5beea8a0af1b/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Kennedy asserted [[attorney–client privilege]] as a reason not to hand over the notes. However the White House eventually handed over the notes sought by the Senate.<ref name="auto"/>
President Clinton appointed Kennedy to the board of directors of the Student Loan Marketing Association, commonly known as [[Sallie Mae]]. Kennedy has been a member of the Dean's Executive Advisory Board and the Arkansas Executive forum of the [[University of Arkansas]] Walton College of Business Administration. He has been voted Attorney of the Year by VOCALS, a pro bono legal services organization in Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/president-clinton-appoints-william-h-kennedy-iii-to-the-board-of-directors-of-the-student-loan-marketing-association-a-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-usa-education-71074517.html|title=President Clinton Appoints William H. Kennedy III to the Board of Directors Of the Student Loan Marketing Association, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of USA Education|date=|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> He also has been president of the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Little Rock.<ref name="Arkansasbusiness.com"/>▼
 
In 1996 [[Judicial Watch]] filed a lawsuit on behalf former members of the Bush administration and Reagan administration against Kennedy, Craig Livingstone, and Anthony Marceca alleging that they read their personal white house files.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judicial Watch Interim Report |url=https://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/ois/specials/interim_report/interim_HTML.htm#N_41_ |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=www.judicialwatch.org}}</ref> However the suit was dismissed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=44 - Clinton-era 'Filegate' case tossed out |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/clinton-era-filegate-case-toss.html |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=voices.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>  
 
== Post political career ==
After leaving Washington, Kennedy returned to Little Rock and was again employed by the [[Rose Law Firm]].<ref name="connected">{{Cite news |work=Wall Street Journal |first1=Phil|last1= Kuntz|first2=Alix|last2=Freedman|first3=John|last3=Harwood|first4=Gary|last4=Fields|date=2001-02-07 |title=Connected Democrats Won Pardons From Clinton; Hearings Gear Up |language=en-US |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB981507021583734762 |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0099-9660|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
 
In 2001 Kennedy represented Charles Wilfred Morgan, who received a [[Federal pardons in the United States|federal pardon]] from President Clinton after having been convicted of conspiracy to distribute [[cocaine]] in the 1980s.<ref name="connected"/>
 
▲In 2001 President Clinton appointed Kennedy to the board of directors of the Student Loan Marketing Association, commonly known as [[Sallie Mae]]. Kennedy has been a member of the Dean's Executive Advisory Board and the Arkansas Executive forum of the [[University of Arkansas]] Walton College of Business Administration. He has been voted Attorney of the Year by VOCALS, a pro bono legal services organization in Arkansas.<ref name="salliemae">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/president-clinton-appoints-william-h-kennedy-iii-to-the-board-of-directors-of-the-student-loan-marketing-association-a-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-usa-education-71074517.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234816/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/president-clinton-appoints-william-h-kennedy-iii-to-the-board-of-directors-of-the-student-loan-marketing-association-a-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-usa-education-71074517.html|archivedate=2016-03-03|title=President Clinton Appoints William H. Kennedy III to the Board of Directors Of the Student Loan Marketing Association, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of USA Education|date=|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> Kennedy was a member{{when|date=June 2022}} of the Dean's Executive Advisory Board and the Arkansas Executive forum of the [[University of Arkansas]] Walton College of Business Administration.<ref name="salliemae" /> He alsowas hasvoted beenAttorney of the Year{{when|date=June 2022}} by VOCALS, a [[pro bono]] legal services organization in Arkansas.<ref name="salliemae" /> He was also president of the Downtown [[Kiwanis]] Club of Little Rock.<ref name="Arkansasbusiness.com" />
 
==Family==
His father, William H. Kennedy Jr. (1917–1991), a former [[World War II]] Marine Corps officer and aide to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], was the first Arkansan to become president of the [[American Bankers Association]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/William+H.+Kennedy,+Jr.%3A+chairman+and+CEO,+National+Bank+of+Commerce...-a0174971843|title=William H. Kennedy Jr.: chairman and CEO, National Bank of Commerce Pine Bluff, Arkansas|date=|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>
 
Kennedy was married to Leslie Gail until late 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Novak |first=Robert D. |date=1999-07-08 |title='Filegate' Lives on |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1999/07/08/filegate-lives-on/7b4c15bf-5b47-4ec6-b413-aacc7760953a/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
 
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