Robert Ray (prosecutor)

Robert Ray
Independent Counsel for the Whitewater Scandal
In office
October 18, 1999 – March 13, 2002
Preceded byKen Starr
Succeeded byJulie Thomas
Personal details
Born
Robert William Ray

(1960-04-04) April 4, 1960 (age 64)
Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJade Cantor
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Washington and Lee University (JD)

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 controversy, 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 Mike Espy and before that Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.[1]

  1. ^ "Robert William Ray." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K2015365641. Fee. Accessed November 1, 2008.