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Douglas Emhoff        

First Second Gentleman of the United States; Entertainment Lawyer; Distinguished Fellow of Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law and Policy

Douglas Emhoff is an American lawyer and the husband of U.S. Senator and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. He is set to become the first Second Gentleman and the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. Vice President.

Emhoff is an entertainment litigator and began his career at Pillsbury Winthrop’s litigation group. He moved to Belin Rawlings & Badal, a boutique firm, in the late 1990s. He opened his own firm with Ben Whitwell in 2000, which was acquired by Venable LLP in 2006. His clients included Walmart and Merck.

Emhoff joined DLA Piper as a partner in 2017, working at its Washington, D.C., and California offices. Following the announcement that his wife would be Joe Biden's running mate in the 2020 United States presidential election, Emhoff took a leave of absence from the firm. Following the Biden-Harris ticket's win, the campaign announced Emhoff would permanently leave DLA Piper prior to Inauguration Day to address conflict of interest concerns. In his role as second gentleman, Emhoff plans to focus on equal access to justice and legal representation.

Georgetown University Law Center announced in November 2020 that Emhoff would join the school's faculty as a Distinguished Visitor, and as a distinguished fellow of the school's Institute for Technology Law and Policy.

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Douglas Emhoff, Kamala Harris' husband, to join Georgetown Law faculty in January
Douglas Emhoff, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' husband, will become a member of Georgetown Law Faculty in January, the law school announced Thursday.

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