Ellis Kim

July 10, 2018 | National Law Journal

Big Law partners. Current and former U.S. Justice Department lawyers. Judges and ex-law clerks. Washington's legal elite gathered Monday night in the East Room for President Trump's unveiling of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here's what it was like inside the White House.

By Ellis Kim

2 minute read

July 10, 2018 | National Law Journal

Michael Flynn and his lawyer, Robert Kelner, a Covington & Burling election-law partner in Washington, appeared before U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday.

By Ellis Kim

2 minute read

July 06, 2018 | National Law Journal

The elevation of Raymond Kethledge—and his views on Chevron deference—could come at a time when conservative criticism of the decades-old doctrine on court deference to agencies has reached a new pitch.

By Ellis Kim

1 minute read

July 03, 2018 | National Law Journal

The Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking a special counsel to help confirm the Trump administration's Supreme Court pick. The DOJ's point person on judicial nominees, Beth Williams, formerly a Kirkland & Ellis partner, helped guide the John Roberts and Samuel Alito confirmations as special counsel.

By Ellis Kim

1 minute read

July 03, 2018 | National Law Journal

Brett Kavanaugh's spoken regularly to law students and at various law-themed events over the years, telling audiences about his experience working in the George W. Bush White House and about his time on the D.C. Circuit. Here are some video clips.

By C. Ryan Barber | Ellis Kim

2 minute read

July 01, 2018 | Law.com

Excerpt: The president promises to nominate Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement on July 9. Here's a look at what (and who) is influencing his decision. Plus, a look at Paul Manafort's pre-trial playbook.

By Ellis Kim

3 minute read

June 28, 2018 | National Law Journal

"A serious constitutional question exists regarding whether a president can be criminally indicted and tried while in office," D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote in an article in 2009. What's one check against a "bad-behaving or law-breaking" president? Impeachment, Kavanaugh wrote.

By Ellis Kim

2 minute read

June 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

James Alex Fields Jr. is accused of driving a car into people protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year, killing Heather Heyer of the Miller Law Group.

By Ellis Kim

1 minute read

June 26, 2018 | National Law Journal

Tuesday's decision from U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III moves the case against the former Trump campaign chairman closer to trial in July.

By Ellis Kim

3 minute read

June 26, 2018 | National Law Journal

The majority and dissenting opinions revealed a rift on the bench over how much the president's pre- and post-inauguration statements about the travel ban and Muslims should have factored into their decision Tuesday.

By Ellis Kim

1 minute read