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== Law career == |
== Law career == |
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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|last=Wednesday|first=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> |
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|last=Wednesday|first=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 Kennedy earned 587,000 work his work at the Rose Law Firm.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Devroy|first=Ann|date=1994-03-23|title=CLINTON AIDE PAYS BACK TAXES|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/03/23/clinton-aide-pays-back-taxes/a6f3cda5-6cbd-4ce5-8d93-05bf7313ec93/|access-date=2022-01-12|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:06, 12 January 2022
William H. Kennedy III is an American lawyer from Arkansas.
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.[1] In 1992 Kennedy earned 587,000 work his work at the Rose Law Firm.[2]
Clinton Administration
From 1993 until 1995, he served as an associate counsel to President Bill Clinton before returning to Little Rock.[3] Two other Rose Law Firm partners, Vince Foster and Webb Hubbell, also joined the Clinton administration, but Kennedy was the only one to return to Little Rock without a scandal.[4]
In 1993 after Billy Dale and the entire white house travel office staff were dismissed by Bill Clinton, Kennedy pressured IRS commissioner Margaret Richardson into auditing Dale.[5][6]
In March 1994 it was Kennedy failed to pay social security taxes for his nanny. [7][8]
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.[9] He also has been president of the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Little Rock.[3]
Family
His father, William H. Kennedy Jr. (1917–1991), a former World War II Marine Corps officer and aide to President Franklin Roosevelt, was the first Arkansan to become president of the American Bankers Association in 1981.[10]
References
- ^ Wednesday, John Henry; Jan. 25; Read, 2006 11:54 Am 1 Min. "Bill Kennedy Takes General Counsel Post With Cooper Communities". Arkansas Business. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Devroy, Ann (1994-03-23). "CLINTON AIDE PAYS BACK TAXES". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ a b "Bill Kennedy Takes General Counsel Post With Cooper Communities". 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "Victim of circumstance". 1998-07-27. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "Luck of the Draw at IRS?". FreedomWorks. 2000-06-08. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "House Report 104-849 - INVESTIGATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE FIRINGS AND RELATED MATTERS". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Devroy, Ann (1994-03-23). "CLINTON AIDE PAYS BACK TAXES". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Facebook; Twitter; options, Show more sharing; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email; URLCopied!, Copy Link; Print (1994-03-24). "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". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "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". Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "William H. Kennedy Jr.: chairman and CEO, National Bank of Commerce Pine Bluff, Arkansas". Retrieved 2014-05-09.