Big bucks for Clinton from ‘Republican’ law firm

LAWYERS at Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm that’s home to Kenneth Starr and Bush administration official Jay Lefkowitz, have given more to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign than to all of the top Republican candidates combined.

Mr Starr, who led investigations into former President Bill Clinton over Monica Lewinsky, declined to comment.

Kirkland, based in Chicago, is one of several corporate law firms that traditionally backed Republicans but where lawyers are turning to Democratic candidates. Lawyers say the change is largely due to disenchantment with the Republican Party’s social policies and the war in Iraq.