Donald B. Ayer

Donald B. Ayer (born April 30, 1949 in San Mateo , California ) is an American lawyer who was also the Deputy United States Attorney General .

Life

After attending school, Ayer first studied history at Stanford University , where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA History) in 1971 . He then completed postgraduate studies in United States history at Harvard University in 1973 with a Master of Arts (MA American History). He finished another law degree at Harvard Law School in 1975 with a Juris Doctor (JD).

After his legal admission in the state of California he was first secretary of Malcolm Richard Wilkey, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia from 1975 to 1976 , and then between 1976 and 1977 of William H. Rehnquist , who was judge at the time United States Supreme Court was.

Ayer then became assistant federal attorney for the Northern District of California in 1977 before becoming an attorney in 1980 with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher , a Los Angeles- based law firm that now has 800 attorneys. In the meantime, he was also admitted to the bar for the District of Columbia in 1978 and was subsequently a federal attorney for the Eastern District of California between 1981 and 1986. In 1986 he moved to the US Department of Justice , where he became the first Deputy US Solicitor General . He then served as US Deputy Attorney General from 1989 to 1990 as Deputy Attorney General of the USA.

Since retiring from government, he has been a partner at Jones Day , a major Washington, DC-based law firm with 2,200 attorneys, with Ayer being the most experienced attorney for the firm before the US Supreme Court . In addition, Ayer, who was also President of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, is involved in several legal associations such as the American Bar Foundation , American Law Institute and the Supreme Court Historical Society and is also a member of the academic society Phi Beta Kappa .

He is also an adjunct professor ( adjunct professor ) at Georgetown University .

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SURNAME	Ayer, Donald B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 30, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Mateo , California