Kenneth W. Starr joined Kirkland & Ellis in February 1993 and was appointed Independent Counsel on the Whitewater matter in August 1994. From May 27, 1989 to January 20, 1993, Mr. Starr served as Solicitor General of the United States, where he argued 25 cases before the Supreme Court involving a wide range of governmental regulatory and constitutional issues of commercial importance. The title of his lecture is "First Among Equals."