David Bayless is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office. He is co-chair of Covington’s Securities & Commercial Litigation practice group as well as co-chair of its Securities Enforcement practice group. He is an experienced trial lawyer having litigated to verdict cases in federal, state and administrative forums. Mr. Bayless was the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s San Francisco office from 1994 to 1999, during which time he was responsible for all enforcement and regulatory matters within that office’s multi-state jurisdiction. The University of Chicago Law School, J.D. Cambridge University, Ph.D. Oberlin College, B.A.