13 Facts About Kathryn Ruemmler

Kathryn H Ruemmler was born on April 19,1971 and is an attorney who was principal deputy White House counsel and then White House Counsel to President Barack Obama.

Previously a partner at Latham and Watkins co-chairing its white-collar defense group, Ruemmler joined Goldman Sachs in 2020 as a Partner and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs.

Kathryn Ruemmler worked as a federal prosecutor from 2001 to 2007, first as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia, and finishing as a deputy director of DOJ's Enron Task Force.

Kathryn Ruemmler returned to Latham in Washington, DC, in 2007, this time as a partner, but left in January 2009 to be principal associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department.

Kathryn Ruemmler was White House Counsel from 2011 to 2014, and then again returned to Latham.

Kathryn Ruemmler is as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel; she was previously Global Head of Regulatory Affairs.

Kathryn Ruemmler was on his schedule for a flight to Paris in 2015, as well as a stop at his home in the US Virgin Islands in 2017; she said these trips did not take place and The Wall Street Journal could not confirm that they or other meetings ultimately happened.

In October 2011, Kathryn Ruemmler said there was no evidence of the White House intervening in Solyndra's loan guarantee to benefit a campaign donor.

Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler asserted that the appointments were valid, because the pro forma sessions were designed to, "through form, render a constitutional power of the executive obsolete," and that the Senate was for all intents and purposes recessed.

Kathryn Ruemmler announced that she would be stepping down as White House Counsel in mid-May 2014.

In September 2014, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced his intention to step down, Kathryn Ruemmler was speculated as being a potential candidate as the next United States Attorney General.

Kathryn Ruemmler withdrew from consideration the following month, amid speculation that she would have faced a "difficult confirmation process" because of her close friendship with President Obama.

Kathryn Ruemmler was named to the FINRA Board of Governors in 2021.