The presidential defense team included White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, personal attorney Jay Sekulow, Deputy White House Counsel Mike Purpura, Deputy White House Counsel Patrick F. Philbin, former Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, former Independent Counsel Ken Starr, former Independent Counsel Robert Ray, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, private attorney Jane Raskin, and private attorney Eric Herschmann.