Clayland Boyden Gray is a partner with the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He served as White House Counsel to President George H. W. Bush. He is also a member of the Federalist Society. [1] Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, which also goes by the shorter market name WilmerHale, is an American law firm with major offices in Washington, Boston and New York and smaller offices in Palo Alto, Baltimore, London, Oxford, Brussels, Beijing, Berlin, Munich, Northern Virginia and Waltham, Massachusetts. ... The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, began at Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School in 1982 as a student organization that challenged what it saw as the orthodox American liberal ideology found in...

Clayland Boyden Gray was the third of four sons born to Gordon Gray and Jane Boyden Craige. His cousin, Lyons Gray, is the chief financial officer of the Environmental Protection Agency. He has one daughter named Eliza and a pig named Penelope. Gordon Gray (May 30, 1909 – November 26, 1982) was an official in the government of the United States during the administrations of Harry Truman (1945-53) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953-61) associated with defense and national security. ... EPA redirects here. ...

C. Boyden Gray attended St. Mark's School in Southborough, Mass., and graduated from Harvard University in 1964. He also served as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1965-1970. He attended law school at the University of North Carolina, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the UNC law review. He graduated in 1968. After graduation he clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren for one term. He joined the firm of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering in 1969, becoming partner in 1976. Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney of Alameda County, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969). ... Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, which also goes by the shorter market name WilmerHale, is an American law firm with major offices in Washington, Boston and New York and smaller offices in Palo Alto, Baltimore, London, Oxford, Brussels, Beijing, Berlin, Munich, Northern Virginia and Waltham, Massachusetts. ...

He left the firm in 1981 to serve as legal counsel for Vice President George Bush. He also served as Counsel to the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief, chaired by Vice President Bush. Mr. Gray later served as Director of the Office of Transition Counsel for the Bush transition team, and as Counsel to President Bush from 1989-1993. During this time he became one of the main architects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments that suggested market solutions for environmental problems. It has been suggested that Clean Air Act (1970) and Clean Air Act (1990) be merged into this article or section. ...

He returned to Wilmer Cutler & Pickering in 1993 where his practice focuses on a range of regulatory matters with emphasis on environmental issues, including those relating to biotechnology, trade, clean air, and the management of risk. Mr. Gray currently serves as Chairman of the section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the American Bar Association. American Bar Associations Washington, DC office The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. ...

He also serves as Co-chairman with former majority leader Dick Armey of FreedomWorks. [2] In addition, he is a member of Harvard University's Committee on University Development, the Board of Trustees of the Washington Scholarship Fund, St. Mark's School, and National Cathedral School. He recently served on the Bush-Cheney Transition Department of Justice Advisory Committee. Dick Armey on NBCs Meet the Press. ...

He has recently emerged as President George W. Bush's preferred candidate for the post of the USA's ambassador to the European Union, [3] much to the chagrin of open source advocates who view his ties to Microsoft with suspicion. [4] President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... It has been suggested that Barrister#Advocates in Scotland be merged into this article or section. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of US$39. ...

It was reported in October 2001 that Gray was considering running for an open US Senate in his native North Carolina, but he passed on the race. Former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole was elected in November 2002 to replace Jesse Helms, who chose to retire rather than seek a sixth term. Gray's North Carolina roots run deep: his uncle, Bowman Gray served as president and chairman of the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Winston-Salem. His father served as president of UNC from 1950-1955 and served as Secretary of War under Presidents Truman and Eisenhower, and as chair of Piedmont Publishing Co. which publishes the Winston-Salem Journal; his cousin Lyons Gray was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly before joining the EPA. Elizabeth Hanford Liddy Dole (born July 29, 1936) was elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009. ... Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. ...