Dean of Pepperdine Law School and is a partner with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, P.C., specializing in appellate work

Kenneth W. Starr is the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. He is also Of Counsel to the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, where he was a partner from 1993 to 2004, specializing in appellate work, antitrust, federal courts, federal jurisdiction and constitutional law. He was formerly a partner with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP.