Peter B. Davidson

Peter B. Davidson is an American lawyer and government official who currently serves as the General Counsel of the United States Department of Commerce.[1] From 2003 to 2017, he was the senior vice president for federal government relations at Verizon Communications.[2] Before that he held positions as general counsel to the United States Trade Representative, vice president for congressional relations at US West and Qwest, general counsel and policy director to the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice, director of congressional and media relations at the United States Information Agency, staffer to Representatives Dick Armey and Bill Frenzel, and law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.[3][4]

Peter B. Davidson
General Counsel of the
United States Department of Commerce
Assumed office
August 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Personal details
SpouseKari
Children3
EducationCarleton College
University of Virginia School of Law


As General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, Davison was involved in the effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census,[5] which the Supreme Court halted on the grounds that the reasons the Department gave for doing so were "contrived."[6]

Personal life

With his wife, Kari, he has three children: Madeleine, Sophie, and Björn.[3]

References
  1. Mintz, Sam; Northey, Hannah (August 3, 2017). "Panel clears DOE, Interior picks as Senate mulls deal". E&E News. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  2. "Peter B. Davidson". Practising Law Institute. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. June 26, 2017. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Jahner, Kyle (June 27, 2017). "Trump Taps 4 For Posts At Commerce, ITC, Interior". Law 360. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  5. "New York v. United States DOC, 351 F. Supp. 3d 502 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  6. "Department of Commerce v. New York, 139 S. Ct. 2551" (PDF). 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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