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Kirkland & Ellis is one of the world's most prestigious and profitable law firms, and several of its partners represented Jeffrey Epstein during his 2008 Florida case, including Ken Starr (former Whitewater prosecutor) and Jay Lefkowitz (former White House policy advisor and special envoy to North Korea).
Kirkland & Ellis appears in the documents primarily through references to Epstein's high-powered legal defense team in the 2008 Florida case. The firm's partners Ken Starr and Jay Lefkowitz are repeatedly mentioned in news articles and government records discussing Epstein's controversial non-prosecution agreement. Documents also reference meetings between prosecutor Alex Acosta (who also had professional roots at Kirkland & Ellis) and Lefkowitz to negotiate the deal. Additionally, the firm appears in numerous automated law firm newsletters and directories that are unrelated to the Epstein case itself.

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e-mail through secret subpoenas to Internet service providers, also said to his knowledge no private investigator was hired. Lefkowitz, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in New York who drafted President George W. Bush's policy on stem cell research, did not return a phone call for comment by deadline. Black and Weinb
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ction) of the president after it was revealed he’d had sex with a young White House intern. Like Acosta, Starr had worked at the prestigious law firm Kirkland & Ellis. Epstein also tapped Jay Lefkowitz, also of Kirkland, who worked as a domestic policy advisor and later as a special envoy to North Korea during the
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Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022019 →tion) of the president after it was revealed he had sex with a young White House intern. Like Acosta, Starr had worked at the presti- gious law firm Kirkland & Ellis. Epstein also tapped Jay Lefkowitz, also of Kirkland, who worked as a domestic policy adviser and later as a special envoy to North Korea during the
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022210 →h. Instead of meeting at the prosecutor's Miami headquarters, the two men — both with profes- sional roots in the prestigious Washington law finn of Kirkland & Ellis — convened at the Marriott in West Palm Beach, about 70 miles away. For Lefkowitz, 44, a U.S, special envoy to North Korea and corporate lawyer, the
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Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)

Jay Lefkowitz
PersonAmerican lawyer

George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Leon Black
PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1951)

Department of Justice
OrganizationUnited States Department of Justice, federal executive department responsible for law enforcement

Alexander Acosta
PersonAmerican attorney and politician, 27th U.S. Secretary of Labor (born 1969)
Jack Goldberger
PersonAmerican criminal defense attorney who represented Jeffrey Epstein, partner at Goldberger Weiss P.A. in West Palm Beach, Florida
Roy Black
PersonAmerican lawyer (1945–2025)

Alan Dershowitz
PersonAmerican lawyer, author, and art collector (born 1938)
the Southern District
LocationFederal judicial district in New York City

Ken Starr
PersonAmerican judge and educational administrator (1946–2022)

Podhurst Orseck
OrganizationLaw firm (Podhurst Orseck P.A.)
Martin Weinberg
PersonAmerican attorney (born 1946)
Jane Doe
PersonPseudonym for anonymous victims/witnesses in Epstein legal proceedings

United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America
City National Bank Building
OrganizationBuilding in Los Angeles

Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)

Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
Gerald Lefcourt
PersonAmerican lawyer