Gardere’s Bayer Given Alumni Service Award By Bowdoin Alumni Council

DALLAS – Attorney Mark Bayer, a partner in the Dallas office of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, was given the 2009 Alumni Service Award by the Bowdoin College Alumni Council.

Mr. Bayer, Bowdoin class of 1979, received the award in recognition of his record of volunteer service to the college. He was President of the Alumni Council, has chaired the Executive Committee, Minority Committee and Nominations Committee, and has also served on the Career Services Committee and Leadership Gift Committee. He was also special gifts chair for the last two reunions.

He also has volunteered his time with the Bowdoin Alumni Schools and Interviewing Committees (BASIC). Mr. Bayer currently serves the College as a Class Agent, in addition to volunteer duties as alumni representative to the Board of Trustees and the Development and College Relations Committee.

"My volunteer experiences with Bowdoin have been incredibly rewarding and I have never worked with a more interesting group of people," Mr. Bayer says. "I can't think of a better service to the Common Good than supporting the College's mission."
Founded in 1794, Bowdoin College is a 1,700-student liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. Mr. Bayer graduated cum laude with majors in government and sociology before going on to the Columbia University School of Law. His son, Stephen, is a member of the Class of 2012.
The Alumni Service Award was presented on May 30 during the college’s Reunion Convocation.

“Mark’s service to Bowdoin is exceptional,” says Steve Good, Gardere’s managing partner. “His work not only benefits the college, but all the bright minds who will one day walk its halls – minds we like to think will benefit our profession and the world as a whole.”

Mark Bayer has more than 27 years of major case litigation experience. His emphasis is on antitrust, distribution issues, theft of trade secrets, intellectual property, class actions and other complex litigation.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm celebrating 100 years in 2009 and one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of energy, hospitality, litigation, corporate, tax, environmental, labor and employment, intellectual property and financial services.

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