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 Justice William 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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