USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

[SOURCES]
Who worked as a lawyer in Arkansas?

(A) ** Hillary Clinton

(B) Donald Trump

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Clinton was the first first lady Arkansas to be employed during their husband’s governorship. She was the first female associate at the firm. She specialized in patent infringement and intellectual property law while working pro bono in child advocacy; she rarely performed litigation work in court.

Concept note-2: -Rose Law Firm entered the national news during the 1990s as part of the Whitewater controversy, as investigators sought to determine how much work Clinton had done for the firm while representing Jim McDougal in cases involving the latter’s Madison Guaranty and Castle Grande enterprises.

Concept note-3: -Clinton continued to practice law with the Rose Law Firm while she was the first lady of Arkansas. The firm considered her a “rainmaker” because she brought in clients, partly thanks to the prestige she lent it and to her corporate board connections. She was also very influential in the appointment of state judges.

Concept note-4: -Hillary Rodham Clinton served as a United States senator from New York from January 3, 2001 to January 21, 2009. She won the United States Senate election in New York, 2000 and the United States Senate election in New York, 2006.

Concept note-5: -Hillary Clinton served as the 67th United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013, overseeing the department that conducted the foreign policy of Barack Obama.