Insurance High School

James A. Davis

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Education

University at Buffalo Law School, State University of New York

Juris Doctor, cum laude; 2009; Estimated Class Ranking: Top 1 15 % of class

• Buffalo International Human Rights Law Review

• Trial Team: Pacific McGeorge Law School’s National Ethics Trial Competition

• 2008 Connelly Trial Technique Award

• Jessup/Fasken Moot Court Board

• William and Mary Foster Elder Law Clinic

St. Bonaventure University

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, 1991 GPA: 3.7/4.0 (major in Theology, minor in English Literature)

• Younger Scholar’s Fellowship

• Dean’s List every semester

• Editor of The Laurel (Literary Magazine)

• Francis E. Kelley Oxford Summer Program, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Summer, 1988

Legal Experience

Consumer Legal Center, Independent Contractor, New York, November 2013 – present

• Civil litigation, debtor rights

• Responsibilities include representing consumers/debtors in settlement negotiations with creditors in order

to obtain highly favorable results for those in drastic and unanticipated economic situations

Barth Sullivan Behr, Associate, Buffalo, NY July 2013 – April 2014

• Civil litigation, insurance defense, including: automobile accidents; premises liability; products liability

(especially toxic torts); subrogation

• Responsibilities included: appeals; summary judgment motions; pleadings; prosecuting and defending

depositions; other motion practice; preparing reports to carriers and clients; written discovery demands and

responses; document review

• Represented a Rwandan Immigrant, pro bono, in her application for asylum and in her removal proceedings

Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Associate, Buffalo, NY, December 2010 – May 2013

• Associate attorney in the Torts & Insurance Defense Practice Group

• Civil litigation, insurance defense, including: professional liability; toxic tort (asbestos); premises liability

(lead paint)

• Responsibilities included appeals; summary judgment motions; settlement negotiations; mediations;

pleadings; prosecuting and defending depositions; other motion practice; representing professionals in

administrative proceedings; preparing reports to carriers and clients; written discovery demands and

responses; tenders of defense; document review

James A. Davis

33 Tussing Lane, Tonawanda, NY 14150 Cell: 716-***-**** ******@*******.***

• Represented indigent tenants facing eviction pro bono in Landlord/Tenant Court once per month for over a

year, involving substantial negotiation skills in a fast paced environment

• Represented a Rwandan Immigrant, pro bono, in her application for asylum and in her removal proceedings

Feldman Kieffer, LLP, Associate, Buffalo, NY, December 2009 December 2010

• Associate Attorney

• Civil litigation, insurance defense (with a focus on toxic tort, asbestos); regulatory and compliance

• Responsibilities included: prepared pleadings, including those in Federal and State employment

discrimination matters; tenders of defense; written discovery; document review; defended depositions;

motion practice; drafted contracts to ensure compliance with Federal and State regulations; advised

hospitals on Employment matters; advised health care providers to ensure compliance with various

regulations, including FMLA, Stark, and anti kickback; assisted clients in obtaining State and/or Federal

intellectual property protection (copyright)

Legal Internships

Law Offices of Lawrence M. Rubin, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Law Clerk, Buffalo, NY, April 2008

April 2009

Justice Timothy Drury, New York State Supreme Court, Intern, Buffalo, NY Summer 2007

Prisoners’ Legal Services (PLS), Law Clerk, Buffalo, New York Summer 2007

Professor Robert Berger, UB Law School, Research Assistant, Buffalo, New York Summer 2007

Publications

• “In Pari Delicto: Not for Third Party Liability”, Law360 Newswire, March 2011

• “Attorney Client Privilege and Electronic Communications Clarified”, Hiscock & Barclay Legal Alerts,

January 2011

• “Insurance, Liens and Subrogation,” National Business Institute, Co Author, November, 2011

• “Expert Examination Daubert, Frye, and Other Challenges,” National Business Institute, Co Author,

November, 2011

Bar Admission

• New York State

• Western District of New York

• United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York

James A. Davis

33 Tussing Lane, Tonawanda, NY 14150 Cell: 716-***-**** ******@*******.***

Management Experience

AVX/Olean Advanced Products, Machine Operator/Production Supervisor, Olean, New York

2003 2006;

Advanced Monolythic Ceramics, Olean, New York 2002 2003

Supervised a staff of 22. Planned and scheduled production. Responsible for an inventory of

precious metals

Crystal Cleaners, Manager, Corning, New York, 1996 1997

Managed human and equipment resources, accounts receivable, and finances for a business that

grew 85% in two years

Teaching and Writing Experience

St. Mary of the Angels Parish, Director of Spiritual and Faith Formation, Olean, New York, 2001 2003

Aquinas Institute of Rochester, Teacher, Rochester, New York, 1998 2001

United States Navy, Seaman Journalist, Norfolk, Virginia, 1994 1995

Community Service

Evaluator, Law School’s Trial Technique and Trial Team classes; Judge, first year law students’ oral arguments;

Participated in AIDS, Cancer, and Alzheimer’s fundraising events; Arbitrator for St. Bonaventure’s student

arbitration board; Assistant coach of a high school debate team.

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