Mike Davis leads the firm’s diverse personal injury practice, representing victims of life-altering and catastrophic incidents in the exacting areas of wrongful death cases and products liability litigation. He is an AV®-rated attorney (Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings) and board-certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
For his excellent legal services, Davis has been named to The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2004; and he has been recognized by Law & Politics magazine’s Super Lawyers (a 10-year honoree).
Davis has obtained some of his most significant recoveries in products liability cases against automobile manufacturers and dealerships. His experience includes cases resulting from defective tires and child safety seats, vehicle fires, seat belt injuries, vehicle rollovers and automobile structural failures in collisions.
He also has legal expertise in major cases arising from commercial trucking accidents; cases and trials against major tobacco, pharmaceutical, medical device and chemical companies; and cases involving persons disabled or killed in construction site, electrical and oilfield accidents, equipment failures or chemical exposures. He has done extensive appellate work, particularly on issues involving product liability, discovery and insurance coverage questions.
Davis is an essential part of the firm’s strategic team on business torts, commercial litigation, aviation law and appellate litigation. In addition, he is a trained mediator. Davis’ father, Tom H. Davis, was also one of the firm’s co-founders.
Davis is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education (CLE) seminars. He also is active in the legal community. Davis serves on the board of directors of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and has been a state delegate for the American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America). He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He is past president of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association (CATLA) and remains abreast of current developments in law through active participation in several legal professional groups, including the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.
Davis graduated with honors from St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio, where he served as an editor on the law journal. Admitted to the bar in 1979, he began his legal career as a briefing attorney for Justice Franklin S. Spears on the Texas Supreme Court. Outside of his law practice, Davis is a passionate supporter of the Oak Hill Youth Sports Association’s Pony League baseball programs.
Papers and presentations:
- “The Art and Practice of Cross Examination,” State Bar of Texas webinar (January 30, 2013; co-presenting with Paula Sweeney)
- Shifting into First: Early Development of the Commercial Truck Crash Case
Presented at the Car Crash Seminar, sponsored by The University of Texas School of Law (August 2012) - Shifting into First: Early Development of the Commercial Truck Crash Case
Presented at the Car Crash Seminar, sponsored by The University of Texas School of Law (August 2011) - Border Crossing: Choice of Law Issues Involving Texas and Mexican Law
Presented at the Best Kept Trial Secrets CLE, sponsored by the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (February 2011)
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