Born:30-Apr-1949
Birthplace:San Mateo, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation:Attorney Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Partner, Jones Day Father: William Emerson Ayer (d. 10-Feb-1998)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth
Brother: Richard W. Ayer
Brother: William S. Ayer
Wife: Anne Norton (two children)
University:BA History, Stanford University (1971)
University:MA American History, Harvard University (1973)
Law School:JD, Harvard Law School (1975)
Jones Day Partner
US Deputy Attorney General (1989-90)
US Justice Department Principal Deputy Solicitor General (1986-88)
US Attorney Eastern District of California (1981-86)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Associate
Assistant US Attorney Northern District of California (1977-80)
Law Clerk to US Supreme Court JusticeWilliam Rehnquist (1976-77)
Law Clerk to Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey, DC Circuit Court of Appeals (1975-76)
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers President
American Bar Foundation
American Law Institute
District of Columbia Bar 1978
Phi Beta Kappa Society
State Bar of California 1975
Supreme Court Historical Society
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