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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people keep talking like he spent his entire career in public service?  The guy was a Kirkland & Ellis partner for crying out loud. [/quote]

i don't think he was ever a K&E equity partner.  big law associate salaries were not high in the 90s - [b]starting salaries were WELL under 6 figures[/b].  They didn't start getting astronomical until 2000 - when one of the silicon valley firms raised salaries, and the other big law firms jumped in and started a wave of salary increases.  so it sounds like he was only there for a short while before the gravy train salaries began.[/quote]

It looks like he was at Kirkland from around 98-2001. He’s a 1990 grad I think so he was likely hired out of the govt as a non equity partner bc KE has a 3 year non equity track but he left within 3 yrs and joined the Bush administration.[/quote]

This is it exactly! And non-share partners are not employees at Kirkland, so there's a tax burden there that isn't immediately apparent when you look at the "salary." Not to mention health insurance. Clerkship bonuses were much more modest back then, too.

Couple the years of government service with a growing family and it is hard to build wealth. But there is no indication that he has done anything wrong at all. Credit card debt and TSP loans might be unwise, but they're certainly not illegal!
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