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Oral History of Robert Kapp
Index
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 41-42, 50, 51, 56, 64, 70
Alliance for Justice, 70
American Lawyer, 61, 72
apartheid, 35, 52, 64-65
See also South Africa
Arnold & Porter, 37
Ashford, Deborah, 55
Biggins, Arthur, 30
Biko, Stephen, 52
Bork, Robert, 69-71
groups opposing nomination, 72
Citizens for Kennedy, 43
Cleary, George, 31
Cleary Gottlieb (law firm), 31
Connell, Peter, 64
Covington & Burling, 37, 57-58, 64
Depression, 5, 11
Determan, Sally, 54, 57, 61
Douglas, John, 64
Duncan, Bob, 78
Edelman, Peter, 43
Essaye, Tony, 73-74
Ferren, John, 58-59
D.C. Corporation Counsel, 61
Frankel, Marvin, 70
Friendly, Henry, 38
Garland, Merrick, 72
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 47-48
Harrington, Tony, 57
Harris, Louis (maternal grandfather), 2
Harris, Sarah (maternal grandmother), 2
Hartson, Nelson, 35, 41, 57-58
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Hassett, Joe, 78
Herzstein, Bob, 50
Hoffman, Abbie, 41-42
Hogan & Hartson (Hogan Lovells), 23, 35, 37-39, 50, 61
diversity, 79-80
growth, 45
pro bono work, 56
Tax Department, 33, 54
International Senior Lawyers Project, 72-73, 75-76, 78
intimidation in Namibian election, 66
intimidation in South African election, 68-69
See also South Africa
Isbell, David, 70
Johnson, Lyndon, 41
Kapp, Ben (father),
Purdue University, 1
pharmacist, 1
Kapp, Diana (daughter), 18
Kapp, Gladys Harris (mother), 1
Kapp, Jean Schlusberg (wife), 17, 34
Kapp, Jon (son), 18
Kapp, Lisa (daughter), 18
Kapp, Lois (sister), 3-4
Kapp, Robert – Personal
Air National Guard basic training, 28
Bar Mitzvah, 24
civic work, 58-59
father as strong influence, 11
family travel, 7, 11, 20
Hebrew lessons, 23
childhood hobbies
reading, 6
stamp collecting, 9
Lackland Air Force Base, 28
Lithuanian grandparents (both sides of family), 1
March on Washington, 58
Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign, 27, 41-42
Senn High School, 3
sports, 7, 26
Stone Elementary School, 3, 26
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quality of education, 5-6
summer jobs
bookkeeping, 8-9
father’s pharmacy, 9
odd jobs, 9
University of Michigan Law School, 3, 15-17
influences, 25
lack of Jewish lawyers in large law firms, 21
Law Review, 20
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, 12
accounting major, 3, 5, 9, 13-14, 17
Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity
all Jewish fraternity, 14
clear cut division Jewish/non-Jewish fraternities, 14
work
laundry service, 21
waited on tables, 21
Kapp, Robert – Professional
balancing work and personal life, 49
Bork nomination, 69-71
clients
Amnesty International, 37, 39
Arthur Ashe, 37
Government of American Samoa, 37
National Public Radio, 37
Stan Smith, 37
University of Pennsylvania, 37
Democratic National Committee, 73
election assessment in Namibia, 65
Hogan & Hartson (Hogan Lovells), 23, 35, 37-39, 50, 61
Community Service Department, 58-60, 72
diversity, 79-80
growth, 45
merger with Lovells, 45
metamorphosis into international firm, 45
partner, 40
pro bono work, 56
role as a mentor, 55
Tax Department, 33, 54
International Senior Lawyers Project, 72-78
major accomplishments, 76
negotiating natural resource concession agreements, 76
commercial law training, 76
promoting press freedom, protection of journalists and access to information, 77
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integrity as part of training for young associates, 55
interest in American Civil Liberties Union, 40-41
International Human Rights Law Group (later Global Rights), 51
Kennedy, Robert, 34
Attorney General, 28-29
presidential campaign, 29, 42-43
Senator, 34
Kraft Foods, 31
lifetime achievement award from American Lawyer, 72
March on Washington, 61-62
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 46, 70
National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, 51, 63-64
National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 58
prohibition among the major firms for Jewish lawyers, 31-32
salary comparisons DOJ and law firms, 26-27
South Africa, 34
election observer, 66-67
embassy protests, 65
National Lawyers’ Committee, 64-65
Stephen Biko inquest, 56
Supreme Court experience, 47
technology changes in the practice of law, 80
thoughts on the legal profession
changes, 79
time demands, 79
presence of women lawyers and lawyers of color, 79
involvement in pro bono work. 79
young college students going into law, 81
United States Court of Federal Claims, 30, 33
United States Department of Justice, 19-35
Attorney General’s Honors Program, 26
job interview, 25-26
Tax Division, 20, 26
Criminal Section, 29
Trial Section, 30
United States Tax Court, 38
use of moot courts, 47-48
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 51
Kapp, Steve (son), 19
Kennedy, Anthony, 70
Kennedy, John, 28
urged lawyers to become involved in civil rights, 63
Kennedy, Rachel, 62
Kennedy, Robert, 34
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assassination, 44
Attorney General, 28-29
Presidential campaign, 29, 42-43
Senator, 34
stand on social issues, 34-35
Kraft Foods, 31
Lawyers for Kennedy, 43
Lee, Rex, 47
March on Washington, 61-62
Marshall, Margaret, 72
Marshall, Thurgood, 47
McCarthy, Eugene, 43
McDermott, Niall, 52
Miller, Todd, 55
Mintz, Seymour, 35-37, 41, 58
Mitchell, George, 72
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 46, 70
National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, 51, 63-64
National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 58
Nolan, John, 64
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 48
Open Society Foundation, 75
Oppenheimer, S. Chesterfield, 19, 25, 35
Piper & Marbury, 58
Plumb, Tom, 36
Pollak, Steve
National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, 64
Powell, Lewis, 70
Prettyman, Barrett, 35, 53
pro bono work, 41, 56
Supreme Court clerkships, 59
Rausch, Siobhan, 55
Rice, Charles, 28
Robertson, James, 71
Robinson, Mary, 78
Rogers, William, 28
Ross, Stuart, 59
Rothkopf, Arthur, 44
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Rousselot, Peter, 57
Shea & Gardner, 64
Silver, Howard, 55
Slavin, Joseph, 62
Snyder, Allen, 59-60
social unrest ‘60s and ‘70s, 56
South Africa, 34
election observer, 66-67
embassy protests, 65
National Lawyers’ Committee, 64-65
Stephen Biko inquest, 56
See also apartheid
Steptoe and Johnson, 37, 38, 64
Supreme Court of the United States, 27, 46-47, 597
Bork nomination, 69-71
Tatel, David
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 61
Community Service Department head, 60
head Hogan’s education practice, 61
National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, 63
Taylor, Carl, 57
Topkis, Jay, 70
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 47
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 38
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 38
United States Court of Federal Claims, 30, 33
United States Department of Justice, 19-35
Community Service Department, 64, 66, 79
United States Tax Court, 38
Wald, Bob, 43
White, Byron (“Whizzer”)
Deputy Attorney General, 29
Supreme Court Justice, 48
Wilmer, Cutler, 37, 38
World War II, 10
Wright, L. Hart, 19, 35