Bloomberg Law
Oct. 18, 2018, 7:57 PM UTC

Ex-Kirkland Partner Cipollone Brings Litigation Chops to W. House

Elizabeth Olson
Elizabeth Olson
Special Correspondent

Incoming White House counsel Pat Cipollone is a commercial litigator with Washington ties who is not altogether unfamiliar with headstrong clients.

His resume at D.C. firm Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner lists his background as including trade regulation and health care fraud cases as well as commercial litigation.

It all seems pretty bread-and-butter elite law firm fare, but it turns out that recently he was also part of a legal team that represented actor Johnny Depp.

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star challenged a prominent Hollywood lawyer in a highly contentious malpractice lawsuit involving $30 million in disputed legal ...

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