Pat A. Cipollone

Pat Cipollone served as White House Counsel from December 2018 to January 2021, leading the defense during Trump's first impeachment trial. A former Justice Department attorney who clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy, Cipollone oversaw White House legal strategy and was primary spokesperson at the Senate trial. He warned Trump against various election overturn schemes and testified before the January 6 Committee, where he was described as trying to "control the fire that Trump set." He returned to private practice at Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner with no bar discipline.