Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' husband leaves job at law firm
Douglas Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, will leave his job at one of the country’s largest law firms by January to focus on supporting the incoming Biden administration, a campaign representative said on Tuesday.
Emhoff (above, with wife Kamala Harris) took a leave of absence from the law firm, DLA Piper, in August, after now President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat, named Harris as his running mate. Biden, who faced off against President Donald Trump on Nov 3, captured the presidency last Saturday...
Douglas Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, will leave his job at one of the country’s largest law firms by January to focus on supporting the incoming Biden administration, a campaign representative said on Tuesday.
Emhoff (above, with wife Kamala Harris) took a leave of absence from the law firm, DLA Piper, in August, after now President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat, named Harris as his running mate. Biden, who faced off against President Donald Trump on Nov 3, captured the presidency last Saturday.
A Biden campaign representative said on Tuesday that Emhoff will sever all ties with DLA Piper by Inauguration Day, Jan 20, 2021.
Emhoff joined DLA Piper from the law firm Venable LLP in 2017.
His clients have included the makers of the movie “American Made” and National Football League wide receiver Willie Gault, as well as corporations Merck and Walmart, court records show.
Harris and Emhoff have been married since 2014, when she was serving as California’s attorney general. She became a US Senator for California in 2017.
- Reuters
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