Douglas Craig Emhoff was born on October 13,1964 and is an American lawyer who is the second gentleman of the United States.
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20 Facts About Douglas Emhoff
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Douglas Emhoff is married to the 49th vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris.
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Douglas Emhoff was managing director of Venable's West Coast offices and later became a partner at DLA Piper.
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Douglas Emhoff is a distinguished visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
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Douglas Craig Emhoff was born on October 13,1964 in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the son of Jewish parents, Barbara and Michael Emhoff.
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Douglas Emhoff's family were congregants of Temple Shalom, a Reform synagogue in Aberdeen Township, at which Emhoff became a bar mitzvah in 1977.
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The following summer, in 1978, Douglas Emhoff attended Camp Cedar Lake in Milford, Pennsylvania, where he was voted "most athletic" of his division at age 13.
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Douglas Emhoff earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge and a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law in 1990.
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Douglas Emhoff is an entertainment litigator and began his career at Pillsbury Winthrop's litigation group.
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Douglas Emhoff opened his own firm with Ben Whitwell in 2000, which was acquired by Venable LLP in 2006.
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Douglas Emhoff's clients included Walmart and Merck, and he became managing director of Venable's West Coast offices.
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Douglas Emhoff joined DLA Piper as a partner in 2017, working at its Washington, DC, and California offices.
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In December 2020, Georgetown University Law Center announced that Douglas 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's wife Kamala Harris was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries before dropping out in December 2019.
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When Harris assumed office, Douglas Emhoff became the first second gentleman of the United States.
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In March 2021, while Second Gentleman, Douglas Emhoff began teaching a course entitled "Entertainment Law Disputes" at the Georgetown University Law Center.
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Douglas Emhoff said he respected educators as he had "learned [that] teaching is really hard", saying he has "so much respect for the teachers out there doing this each and every day".
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Douglas Emhoff has led the US delegations to several diplomatic events, including the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and the inaugurations of South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol and Philippine president Bongbong Marcos.
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In July 2022, Douglas Emhoff travelled to Oregon to participate in the opening ceremonies of the 2022 World Athletics Championships, held in Eugene, Oregon.
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Douglas Emhoff married Kamala Harris on August 22,2014, in Santa Barbara, California, with Kamala's sister Maya Harris officiating.
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