Bob Bauer, a professor of practice and distinguished scholar in residence at the New York University School of Law, served as White House counsel to President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011 and general counsel to Obama for America, the president’s campaign organization, in 2008 and 2012. In 2013, Obama appointed him co-chair of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, and in 2021, President Joe Biden appointed him co-chair of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. A renowned lawyer, Bauer, who currently co-directs NYU’s Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, has also served as co-counsel to the New Hampshire State Senate in the trial of Chief Justice David A. Brock and counsel to the Democratic leader in the trial of President Bill Clinton. Bauer, a contributing editor of Lawfare, has authored and co-authored numerous books, articles, essays, and op-eds on law and politics, including After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency (written with Jack Goldsmith). He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.