Neil Eggleston, the White House Counsel under former President Barack Obama, is returning to Kirkland & Ellis, the firm is expected to announce on Monday.
Eggleston, 63, served as Obama’s top legal advisor between June 2014 and January 2017 and helped lead the vetting process that resulted in the ill-fated nomination of Merrick Garland to occupy a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Eggleston confirmed the move on Friday, though he was unavailable for an interview Sunday.
The move back to Kirkland isn’t a huge surprise as he practiced there between 2012 and 2014 as a litigation partner in Washington, D.C. ...
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