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    Davis Williams

    Davis Williams

    Associate

    Mobile
    New Orleans
    251-272-7157
    davis.williams@phelps.com
    Areas Of Focus
    Commercial LitigationWhite Collar Defense and InvestigationsInsurance

    Davis Williams helps clients manage high-stakes commercial, construction, energy and environmental disputes. He represents owners, businesses and London Market insurers to resolve claims when regulatory issues and commercial conflicts intersect.

    With experience balancing compressed timelines, high-volume discovery and complicated exposure questions, Davis keeps cases moving while staying focused on strategy and risk. He represents clients in state and federal court and government investigations and agency proceedings. He also manages domestic and international arbitrations and has helped to resolve multiple international commercial arbitration disputes.

    Davis manages:

    • Aerospace and aviation regulatory approval and licensing and aircraft purchases, sales, leases and charters
    • Corporate compliance and internal and government investigations
    • Environmental and energy litigation, including landowner contamination claims, contract disputes and public and private land loss cases

    While earning his law degree, Davis served as Articles Editor of the Loyola Law Review and competed on Loyola’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team, receiving honorable mention honors for best brief. He was also a fellow in the 2022-23 Loyola Institute of Politics class.

    During law school, Davis also served as a law clerk for a regional integrated energy company. He also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Ivan Lemelle of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

    While earning his law degree, Davis served as Articles Editor of the Loyola Law Review and competed on Loyola’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team, receiving honorable mention honors for best brief. He was also a fellow in the 2022-23 Loyola Institute of Politics class.

    During law school, Davis also served as a law clerk for a regional integrated energy company. He also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Ivan Lemelle of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

    Recognition

    • Young Arbitration and ADR Forum Scholarship, International Chamber of Commerce
    • Young Arbitration and ADR Forum Scholarship, International Chamber of Commerce

    Education

    • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2023
    • University of South Carolina, B.A., 2014
    • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2023
    • University of South Carolina, B.A., 2014

    Credentials

    • District of Columbia
    • Louisiana
    • Texas
    • Judicial Extern for Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
    • District of Columbia
    • Louisiana
    • Texas
    • Judicial Extern for Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

    Memberships and Affiliations

    • American Bar Association
    • Federal Bar Association
    • Greater New Orleans Foundation
    • Louisiana State Bar Association
    • New Orleans Bar Association
    • State Bar of Texas, International Law Section, Sports & Entertainment Section
    • District of Columbia Bar Association
    • The Pro Bono Project
    • Loyola Institute of Politics – Fellow (2023)
    • Moot Alumni Association
    • American Bar Association
    • Federal Bar Association
    • Greater New Orleans Foundation
    • Louisiana State Bar Association
    • New Orleans Bar Association
    • State Bar of Texas, International Law Section, Sports & Entertainment Section
    • District of Columbia Bar Association
    • The Pro Bono Project
    • Loyola Institute of Politics – Fellow (2023)
    • Moot Alumni Association
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