| Robert William Ray | |
|---|---|
| Independent Counsel | |
| In office 1999-10-19–2002-03-13 |
|
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Kenneth W. Starr |
| Succeeded by | none |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960-04-04 Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kristen Jane Morsches |
| Relations | Robert Luman Ray the former Margaret Ann Bangs |
| Children | Caroline Margaret William Charles Edward Francis |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Profession | lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Robert William Ray (born April 4, 1960) is an American lawyer. As the successor to Ken Starr as the head of the Office of the Independent Counsel (1999 to 2002) he investigated and issued the final reports on the Whitewater scandal, the White House travel office controversy, and the White House FBI files controversy. Before that he was Deputy Independent Counsel investigating former Secretary of Agriculture Michael Espy and before that Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.[1]
Mr. Ray submitted the independent counsel's final reports on
Under independent counsel Donald Smaltz head prosecuted Mike Espy, and then worked for Ken Starr.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for a non-partisan school board in Brooklyn, New York 1993 and 1996, on the "children's slate". He was briefly a candidate in the United States Senate elections, 2002 in New Jersey.[1][2][3]
He is the father of three children.
As of 2008 he is in private practice, a partner in the Pryor Cashman law firm.
Ray received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1982, and his J.D. cum laude from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1985. He was a clerk for Honorable Frank X. Altimari in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.