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David Leitch is Ford Motor Co.’s General Counsel, and a long-time friend of Alberto Gonzales.

Immediately prior to joining Ford, Leitch served in the White House as Deputy Counsel to President George W. Bush. In that capacity, he advised the President and his staff on a variety of legal issues, including issues involving the war on terror, judicial nominations, legislative proposals and ethics.

From June 2001 through December 2002, Leitch served as Chief Counsel for the Federal Aviation Administration, overseeing a staff of 290 in Washington and the agency’s 11 regional offices. He is also a past deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel.

Leitch’s law career includes serving as law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, as a law clerk to Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, and as a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. Leitch is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he graduated first in his class, and received his undergraduate degree from Duke University.