Doug Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris, vice-president-elect of the United States, has announced his plan to quit his job at DLA Piper law firm.
Recall that Harris and Joe Biden, president-elect, won the November 3 tightly contested election, making Emhoff the future ‘second gentleman’ of the United States.
In preparation for his new role at the United States White House, Kamala Harris’s husband has quit his law firm job.
Emhoff had earlier taken a leave of absence from his law firm in August when his wife entered into the US elections as vice-presidential candidate.
He has however decided to finally leave the law firm where he was a partner by inauguration day on 20 January, according to the Associated Press.
The 56-year-old is reportedly working with Biden’s transition team to establish a role for him in the administration.
A Biden official told Fox News that Mr Emhoff was “working with the Biden-Harris transition team to develop the portfolio he will focus on to support the work of the administration.”
Emhoff joined DLA Piper in 2017 where he works with media, sports and entertainment clients, as well as intellectual property and technology, litigation, arbitration and investigations.
According to his DLA Piper profile, “Douglas Emhoff is a highly experienced litigator and strategic advisor.
“Doug is known for tackling and resolving the toughest problems – whether by aggressively litigating high-stakes cases in the public glare or acting as a trusted advisor behind the scenes.
“For over 25 years, Doug has proven himself in courtrooms and boardrooms across California and around the country.”
When the Biden administration takes over, Emhoff will break new ground as America`s first `second gentleman`.
Asked what it would be like to be the first Second Gentleman in an interview last month, he had said, “I think it would be an incredible honour… I’m going to hopefully work on things like access to justice and access to opportunity and access to the American dream.”
Last month Emhoff told People magazine that he had no interest in joining a “kitchen cabinet” of advisors if his wife won the election.
“I’m her husband, that’s it,” said Emhoff.
“She’s got plenty of great people giving her political advice. I’m her partner, I’m her best friend and I’m her husband. And that’s what I’m here for. I’m here to have her back.”
Emhoff and Harris met on a blind date in 2013 and married in a quiet ceremony a year later.
They share a $5 million home in the exclusive Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles and have apartments in Washington DC and San Francisco.
Meanwhile, on the night Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris made history as the first woman and woman of colour, she recognized the long battle women had faced for the right to vote and to break into the highest ranks of American politics — and said that “every little girl watching” across the country now knows they can do so, too.
In a speech Saturday night in Wilmington, Delaware, before she introduced President-elect Joe Biden, Harris also thanked Black women, saying they are “too often overlooked, but so often prove that they are the backbone of our democracy.”
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last,” Harris said. “Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”
“And to the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: Dream with ambition, lead with conviction and see yourself in a way that others might not see you, simply because they’ve never seen it before. And we will applaud you every step of the way,” she said.
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