Biography of kermit roosevelt

American writer and lawyer

For other people named Kermit Roosevelt, see Kermit Roosevelt (disambiguation).

Kermit Roosevelt III (born July 14, ) is an American author, lawyer, and David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

He is a great-great-grandson of U.S. PresidentTheodore Roosevelt and a distant cousin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[1]

Early life and education

Roosevelt was born in Washington, D.C., on July 14, His father, also named Kermit, was a son of Kermit Roosevelt Jr.

and a great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.^[1] He graduated from St. Albans School (where he was a Presidential Scholar),^[2]Harvard University, and Yale Law School.^[3] He was a law clerk for Judge Stephen F.

Williams of the D.C. Circuit, and clerked for U.S. Supreme Court JusticeDavid Souter.^[4]

Career

Roosevelt worked as a lawyer with Mayer Brown