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. From 2003 to 2017, he was the senior vice president for federal government relations at Verizon Communications. 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.

Personal life

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