Kathryn Ruemmler

Ruemmler left Latham & Watkins in April 2020 to become global head of regulatory affairs at Goldman Sachs. After the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Fox News reported Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden possibly put Ruemmler on the short list of nominees to fill a future SCOTUS seat. Bachelor of arts in English, University of Washington, 1993; law degree, Georgetown University Law Center, 1996 Clerk to now-former U.S. Circuit Judge Timothy K. Lewis, 1996-1997; associate at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, 1997-2000; associate counsel to President Bill Clinton, 2000-2001; assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 2001-2007; deputy director of the Enron Task Force, 2005-2007; partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, 2007-2009; principal associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department, 2009-2010; principal deputy counsel to President Barack Obama, 2010-2011; White House counsel, 2011-present. Before joining Goldman in 2020, Ms. Ruemmler was a counselor, confidante and friend to Mr. Epstein, the documents showed. She advised him on how to respond to tough questions about his sex crimes, discussed her dating life, advised him on how to avoid unflattering media scrutiny and addressed him as “sweetie” and “Uncle Jeffrey.” Epstein, in turn, provided career advice on her move to Goldman, introduced her to well-known businesspeople and showered her with gifts. Ruemmler was mentioned in more than 10,000 of the documents released by the Justice Department.