Mr. David K. Bowsher

David K. Bowsher is a partner in the Birmingham, Ala., and Houston offices of Balch & BinghamLLP, where his practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, including those involving troubled companies; on corporate restructuring and bankruptcy issues; and on oil and gas matters. Previously, he served as acting general counsel and deputy general counsel of the U.S. Department ofCommerce in President George W. Bush?s Administration. During that time, Mr. Bowsher advised senior U.S. government officials on a wide variety of issues, including providing financial assistance to distressed industries (e.g., the automotive and steel industries), foreign direct investment, congressional oversight and investigations, coastal development litigation (particularly oil and gas-related developments), export control licensing and enforcement, and internet governance. He alsoco-led U.S. engagement with the People?s Republic of China on transparency in government as partof the Strategic Economic Dialogue and led U.S. participation in the U.S.-China Legal Exchange aspart of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. Mr. Bowsher received his B.A. with honors in English and American literature and economics from Brown University in 1995. After teachingEnglish at the Culver Academies in Indiana, he received his J.D. cum laude in 1999 from Duke University School of Law, where he was an articles editor for the Duke Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Following law school, he clerked for Hon. William H. Yohn, Jr. of the U.S.District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.