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American lawyer
Evan A. Davis
BornEvan Anderson Davis
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Columbia Law School (JD)
OccupationLawyer

Evan Anderson Davis is a New York City attorney with the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and a former president of the New York City Bar Association.

Education

Davis was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, class of 1962. He obtained his A.B. from Harvard College in 1966, and his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Columbia Law School in 1969. While at Columbia, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Law Review. After graduation, he clerked for Judge Harold Leventhal of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and subsequently for Justice Potter Stewart of the United States Supreme Court.

Career

In 1974, Davis worked on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry staff during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon. He led a task force that investigated the Watergate break-in and cover-up.

Davis joined Cleary Gottlieb in 1975 and became a partner in 1978, working in litigation and international and domestic dispute resolution. From 1985 to 1991, he served as counsel to New York State Governor Mario Cuomo. He rejoined the firm in 1991.

In 2017 to 2018, he advocated for a Constitutional Convention in New York state.

Civic involvement and awards

In addition to his service under Mario Cuomo, Davis was a candidate for New York State Attorney General in 1998. From 2000 to 2002 he served as president of the New York City Bar Association. In 2008, he was recommended for appointment as the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals by the state Commission on Judicial Nomination.

Personal life

In 1995, he married Mary Carroll Rothwell, also an attorney, in New York City. They have three daughters.

See also

References

  1. "Alumni Reunion 2014-Meeting the Challenge of Political Corruption". Columbia Law School. June 7, 2014. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  2. "Masthead-Editorial Staff" (PDF). Columbia Law Review. February 1968. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  3. Hoffmann, Jan (May 24, 2000). "Public Lives; Lawyer With a Special Feeling for Injustice". New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  4. Davis, Evan A. (September 28, 2011). "An Oral History Interview with Evan Davis" (PDF). Richard Nixon Oral History Project (Interview). Interviewed by Timothy Naftali. Yorba Linda, California: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. Lovett, Ken (November 22, 2013). "Mario Cuomo's Counsel Warned That Moreland Commissions Can't Investigate The Legislature". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  6. Davis, Evan A. (January 7, 2017). "Opinion: The people's chance to improve Albany". Watertown Daily Times. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  7. Davis, Evan A. (March 28, 2017). "Constitutional Convention is our chance for reform". Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. USA Today. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  8. Conley, Kristan (May 31, 2018). "Top Mario Cuomo aide wants to abolish state ethics panel". New York Post. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  9. "Capitol Press Room-interview with Evan Davis". WQXR.org. May 30, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  10. Davis, Evan A. (March 30, 2001). "Statement of Evan A. Davis, President, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Before the ABA Commission on Multi-jurisdictional Practice - Center for Professional Responsibility". American Bar Association. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  11. Choo, Kristin. "A Day of Days: ABA Members Recall How 9/11 Changed Their Lives and Their Work". American Bar Association Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  12. Precious, Tom (December 1, 2008). "Paterson critical of judicial finalists". The Buffalo News. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  13. Virtanen, Michael (December 3, 2008). "Paterson not happy with picks for Chief Judge". Troy Record. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  14. "Weddings: Mary C. Rothwell and Evan A. Davis". New York Times. February 26, 1995. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  15. "Remarks of Evan A. Davis at Episcopal Charities Tribute Dinner, November 19, 2014". The Episcopal Church of Heavenly Rest. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

Selected publications

  • Davis, Evan A. (June 2003). "The Meaning of Professional Independence". Columbia Law Review. 103 (5): 1281–1292. doi:10.2307/1123837. JSTOR 1123837.

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