William H. Kennedy III
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]
Clinton Administration
From 1993 until 1995, he served as an associate counsel to President Bill Clinton before returning to Little Rock.[2] 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.[3]
In 2001 Kennedy was the lawyer for Charles Wilfred Morgan, who received a federal pardon from President Clinton after having been convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the 1980s.[4]
In 2001 President Clinton appointed Kennedy to the board of directors of the Student Loan Marketing Association, commonly known as Sallie Mae.[5] Kennedy was a member[when?] of the Dean's Executive Advisory Board and the Arkansas Executive forum of the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business Administration.[5] He was voted Attorney of the Year[when?] by VOCALS, a pro bono legal services organization in Arkansas.[5] He was also president of the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Little Rock.[2]
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.[6]
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) - ^ 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.
- ^ Kuntz, Phil; Freedman, Alix; Harwood, John; Fields, Gary (2001-02-07). "Connected Democrats Won Pardons From Clinton; Hearings Gear Up". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ a b c "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". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "William H. Kennedy Jr.: chairman and CEO, National Bank of Commerce Pine Bluff, Arkansas". Retrieved 2014-05-09.