Emmet Flood Explained

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 Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Party:Republican[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] [4] [5]

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.[6] He went on to earn a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1991.[7] [8]

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".[9]

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.[10] [11]

Flood advised President Bill Clinton during his impeachment process.[12] Flood's law firm also represented Hillary Clinton on matters relating to the Clinton email controversy.[12]

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.[8] [13]

Flood advised Virginia governor Bob McDonnell on his response to the corruption investigation into his activities.[14] [15] Flood was retained by Cameron International to defend them after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[16] [17]

In 2017, Flood was offered a job in the Trump administration, though he declined.[12] 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.[18]

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.[19]

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.[20] He demitted office on December 10, 2018.

Private sector

He is a partner at Williams & Connolly.[8] [21] He wrote a response in late April 2019 to Attorney General William Barr concerning the Mueller Report.[22]

Personal

He served on the advisory council of the Catholic Charities Legal Network.[23]

Publications

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'The gloves may be coming off': Shake-up of Trump legal team signals combative posture toward special counsel. Robert. Costa. Carol D.. Leonnig. Josh. Dawsey. May 2, 2018. www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. News: . 'A very steady hand': New White House lawyer brings deep experience as he enters fray of Russia investigation . May 2, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180503041639/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-trump-lawyer-brings-unique-inside-knowledge-on-presidential-investigations/2018/05/02/514e6108-4e32-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html . May 3, 2018 . Rosalind S. . Helderman . The White House announced Tuesday that Flood will replace Ty Cobb in the White House Counsel's Office, serving as a point person for the White House's response to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election..
  3. News: Kelly R. Welsh '70, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Emmet T. Flood '74, an attorney in Washington D.C., and former deputy and assistant special counsel to the President, were inducted into Fenwick's Hall of Fame. . Fun for a cause at Blackfriars Dinner Dance . . March 14, 2015 . Pioneer Press Staff . March 11, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311163650/http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-trend-blackfriar-tl-0528-20150514-story.html .
  4. fenwickfriars . April 24, 2015 . March 11, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311165140/https://twitter.com/fenwickfriars/status/591619744093974528 . Lumen Tranquillum Award presented to Fr. Charles W. Dahm, '55 Hall of Fame Kelly R. Welsh '70 Emmet T. Flood IV '74. . 591619744093974528 . March 11, 2018 . live .
  5. News: Fenwick Alumni Magazine - January 2012 . . January 9, 2012 . 38 . Mr. and Mrs. Emmet T. Flood IV '74.
  6. Book: . Philosophy and narrative form.. 640224033.
  7. News: May 2, 2018 . Flood graduated magna cum laude in 1978 from the University of Dallas with a bachelor of arts, according to the bio. He went on to get a Master of Arts and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and to pursue postdoctoral studies in humanities at Wesleyan University in the 1980s. In 1991, Flood got his J.D. from Yale Law School. . . Who is Emmet Flood, Trump's new Russia probe lawyer? . Cristiano . Lima . Josh . Gerstein.
  8. News: Emmet T. Flood . . https://archive.today/20180311163940/https://www.wc.com/Profiles/Emmet-T-Flood . March 11, 2018.
  9. News: INVENTORY OF THE BROADSIDE CASE COLLECTION, 1896 - 2004 . Wesleyan University Center for Humanities. Emmet Flood, Mellon Fellow: Some Uses of Narrative in the History of Philosophy: Synoptic Judgment and Philosophical Plot. Russell House. Apr. 18, 1988. Colloquium. Center Colloquium Room. Apr. 26, 1988. . Wesleyan University.
  10. News: Bush circling the wagons for legal battle . . Ron . Hutcheson . June 9, 2007 . Emmet Flood, a Republican who served on former President Clinton's legal team during Clinton's impeachment proceedings, left his Washington law firm last summer to represent Vice President Dick Cheney in the CIA leak case. More recently, Flood has resisted Congress' efforts to obtain White House e-mails that were sent through the Republican Party's e-mail system. He previously clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. . March 11, 2018 . March 11, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311223238/http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20070609/news_1n9lawyers.html . dead .
  11. News: Personnel Announcement . . The President has named Emmet Flood to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Special Counsel to the President. Mr. Flood recently was a Partner at Williams & Connolly, LLP. Prior to this, he served as a Law Clerk to Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States. Earlier in his career, he served as Law Clerk for Judge Ralph K. Winter Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Flood received his bachelor's degree from the University of Dallas and his JD from Yale Law School. He received his master's degree and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. . June 8, 2007 . White House Office of the Press Secretary . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311170720/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/06/text/20070608-6.html . March 11, 2018. White House Office of the Press Secretary .
  12. News: Clinton impeachment lawyer met with Trump about White House job: source . March 10, 2018 . Karen . Freifeld . Diane . Craft . Reuters.
  13. News: Trump denies report he's unhappy with legal team . . Allen . Cone . March 11, 2018 . Flood, now an attorney with Williams & Connolly, defended former Vice President Dick Cheney in a civil suit from former CIA officer Valerie Plame..
  14. News: Washington lawyer Flood counsels McDonnell on probes . . Jim . Nolan . Olympia . Meola . July 4, 2013 . High-powered Washington lawyer Emmet T. Flood was in Richmond at the Executive Mansion Tuesday to speak with McDonnell, administration officials and others as the governor attempts to navigate the legal and political waters that have engulfed the last year of his term and threaten to swamp his legacy..
  15. News: How the federal corruption case against the McDonnells came together. . September 6, 2014 . Rosalind S. . Helderman . Matt . Zapotosky . Carol D. . Leonnig . Laura . Vozzella .
  16. News: BP, Transocean tap a well of Washington lobbyists and consultants. . Smaller players also have shored up their defenses: Cameron International, the Houston firm that built Deepwater Horizon's failed blowout preventer, has retained Emmet T. Flood of Williams & Connolly, a former White House special counsel during the Bush administration who represented Cheney in the CIA leak case. . Karen . Tumulty . Dan . Eggen . June 21, 2010 .
  17. Book: Moore, Jack B. . 345 . . INQUIRY INTO THE DEEPWATER HORIZON GULF COAST OIL SPILL. June 16, 2010 .
  18. News: Trump Talks With Clinton Impeachment Lawyer About Aiding in Mueller Response . March 10, 2018 . . Maggie . Haberman . Michael S. . Schmidt.
  19. News: Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb. Apuzzo. Matt. 2018-05-02. The New York Times. 2018-05-02. Schmidt. Michael S.. en-US. 0362-4331.
  20. News: Emmet Flood temporarily takes McGahn's place as White House counsel . . Mary . Lee . "Emmet Flood has been appointed Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President, effective this morning," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. "Mr. Flood will serve in the role until Pat Cipollone comes on board as Counsel to the President, at which time Mr. Flood will return to being Special Counsel to the President.".
  21. Trump in Talks With Clinton's Impeachment Lawyer for Possible Expansion of Legal Team . . Daniel . Politi . March 11, 2018.
  22. Web site: Read the letter White House counsel Emmet Flood wrote to AG Barr. NBC News. 2 May 2019 .
  23. Web site: Annual Report 2017 . . 14 . https://archive.today/20180311170129/https://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CCLN-AR-2017_10.27-2.pdf . 2018-03-11 . 2018-03-11 . live .

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