Bio

• Age: 48
• Education: Harvard Law School, JD (1987); Georgetown University, BA (1983)
• From: Washington, DC
• Ethnicity: Caucasian

This is Klain's second stint as chief of staff for a vice president of the United States. With the exception of the drawn-out vote recount fight in Florida after the 2000 Presidential election, Klain has spent his entire professional career in Washington, both in and out of government. After the 2000 election, Klain joined Washington law firm O’Melveny and Myers as a partner. While there, he lobbied for a number of clients, including Fannie Mae, Time Warner and US Airways. Klain left the law firm in 2005 to become vice president and senior counsel for Revolution LLC, a company created by AOL co-founder Steve Case.

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Last Job

• Revolution, executive vice president and general counsel

Other Jobs

• O'Meleveny & Myers, partner
• Clark for President, adviser
• John Kerry for President, adviser
• Gore-Lieberman Recount Committee, general counsel
• Gore-Lieberman 2000, legal adviser
• White House, chief of staff and counselor to the Vice President
• Justice Department, chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general
• White House, associate general counsel
• U.S. Senate, chief counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
• Clinton/Gore campaign 1992, associate general counsel
• U.S. Supreme Court, law clerk, chambers of Associate Justice Byron P. White
• Senate Democratic Leadership Committee, staff director

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Choices at a Glance

Connections

• Affiliated with Al Gore (What's this?)
• Affiliated with Thomas Daschle (What's this?)
• Attended or taught at Harvard
• Former Clinton appointee(s)

Former Lobbying Clients

• Fannie Mae
• Time Warner Inc.
• Airborne
• Imperial Bioresources
• Fastship
• Meade Instruments
• Free Trade Lumber Council
• Imclone Systems
• US Airways
• Coalition for Asbestos Resolution

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