Bruce Sewell

Durward Bruce Sewell was the Senior VP of Legal and Global Security at Apple Inc. as well as its General Counsel, reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook.

Education and professional associations
Sewell received a degree from the  in the United Kingdom in 1979, and a  from  in 1986. He was admitted to the in 1986 and to the  in 1987. He is also admitted to practice before the.

Career
In 1989, Sewell joined the firm of Brown & Bain P.C., where he became a litigation partner. He joined Intel in 1995 as a senior attorney assigned to counsel various business groups in areas such as antitrust compliance, licensing and. In 2001, Sewell was promoted to vice president and deputy general counsel, managing Intel’s litigation portfolio, and handled corporate transactions including M&A activities. At Intel, he was responsible for leading all of Intel’s legal, corporate affairs and corporate social responsibility programs, managing attorneys and policy professionals located in over 30 countries around the world.

Apple Inc.
Sewell left Intel to join Apple in September 2009, succeeding Daniel Cooperman as general counsel. Sewell retired from Apple in December 2017, and became a lecturer at. He was succeeded by Katherine Adams, a newly appointed member of the team.