DRAMATIS PERSONAE

BRETT M. KAVANAUGH, judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

ASHLEY ESTES KAVANAUGH, his wife

MARTHA KAVANAUGH, his mother

EDWARD KAVANAUGH, his father

FROM KAVANAUGH’S TIME AT GEORGETOWN PREP

MARK JUDGE, journalist and author, former classmate

PATRICK J. SMYTH, managing director at accounting firm, former classmate

CHRIS GARRETT, teacher and former classmate

DONALD J. URGO, former classmate and close friend

TOM DOWNEY, former classmate

WILLIAM FISHBURNE, former classmate

PAUL RENDÓN, teacher and former classmate

MICHAEL BIDWILL, football team president and friend

GREGORY PAPPAJOHN, former classmate

JOE CONAGHAN, former classmate

RENATE SCHROEDER DOLPHIN, high school friend

FROM KAVANAUGH’S TIME AT YALE COLLEGE

DAVID WHITE, former suitemate and friend of Kavanaugh

KEVIN GENDA, former classmate and friend of Kavanaugh

KAREN YARASAVAGE, former classmate and friend of Kavanaugh

DAVID TODD, former classmate and friend of Kavanaugh

MARK KRASBERG, professor and former classmate

KENNETH APPOLD, religious historian and former classmate

JAMES ROCHE, tech company executive, former roommate

TRACY HARMON JOYCE, former classmate

RICHARD OH, emergency-room doctor and former classmate

KERRY BERCHEM, lawyer and former schoolmate (class of 1988)

CHAD LUDINGTON, former classmate

MALCOLM FRANK, former schoolmate (class of 1988)

FROM KAVANAUGH’S TIME AT YALE LAW SCHOOL

JAMES E. “JEB” BOASBERG, federal appeals court judge and close friend

RICHARD ROBERTS, real estate investor and former classmate

KENNETH CHRISTMAS, entertainment executive and former classmate

ON CAPITOL HILL

CHARLES GRASSLEY, Republican senator from Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, Democratic senator from California, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee

MIKE DAVIS, chief nominations counsel to the committee

JENNIFER DUCK, Democratic staff director for the committee, Feinstein’s former chief of staff

LINDSEY GRAHAM, Republican senator from South Carolina, committee member

AMY KLOBUCHAR, Democratic senator from Minnesota, committee member

SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Democratic senator from Rhode Island, committee member

CHRISTOPHER COONS, Democratic senator from Delaware, committee member

JEFF FLAKE, Republican senator from Arizona, committee member

MITCH MCCONNELL, Senate majority leader

IN SILICON VALLEY

CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD, psychology professor

RUSSELL FORD, her husband

ANNA ESHOO, Democratic congresswoman from California’s Eighteenth District

KAREN CHAPMAN, Eshoo’s district chief of staff

KEITH KOEGLER, friend of Ford

JAY BACKSTRAND, friend of Ford

KIRSTEN LEIMROTH, friend of Ford

REID HOFFMAN, entrepreneur

MARK PINCUS, entrepreneur

IN COLORADO

DEBORAH RAMIREZ, volunteer coordinator and Kavanaugh’s classmate

VIKRAM SHAH, her husband

STAN GARNETT, lawyer to Ramirez

JOHN CLUNE, lawyer to Ramirez

IN THE WHITE HOUSE

DONALD J. TRUMP, president

DONALD F. MCGAHN II, chief counsel

KERRI KUPEC, spokeswoman

IN WASHINGTON

ANTHONY KENNEDY, retiring Supreme Court justice

CHERYL AMITAY, former schoolmate and supporter of Ford

LISA BANKS, lawyer to Ford

ZINA BASH, lawyer and former clerk to Kavanaugh

MICHAEL BROMWICH, lawyer to Ford

WILLIAM A. BURCK, lawyer and friend of Kavanaugh

MERRICK GARLAND, chief judge of the D.C. Circuit Court and colleague to Kavanaugh

NEIL M. GORSUCH, Supreme Court justice, former Georgetown Prep schoolmate to Kavanaugh

DEBRA KATZ, lawyer to Ford

LELAND INGHAM KEYSER, former classmate and friend of Ford

ROMAN MARTINEZ, lawyer and former clerk to Kavanaugh

MONICA MCLEAN, former classmate and friend of Ford

TRAVIS LENKNER, lawyer and former clerk to Kavanaugh

LARRY ROBBINS, lawyer to Ford

RICKI SEIDMAN, adviser to Ford

KENNETH W. STARR, independent counsel during the Whitewater investigation, 1994–1998

HOWARD WALSH, lawyer to Leland Ingham Keyser and fellow parishioner

PORTER WILKINSON, chief of staff to institutional board, former clerk to Kavanaugh

CHRISTOPHER WRAY, FBI director and Yale schoolmate of Kavanaugh

ELSEWHERE

ALEX KOZINSKI, retired federal judge and mentor to Kavanaugh

REBECCA TAIBLESON, federal prosecutor and former clerk to Kavanaugh