Evan A. Davis is a partner the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
LLP in New York where
his practice focuses on litigation and international and domestic dispute
resolution. Mr. Davis is a recognized authority on New York law and has
argued numerous cases before the New York Court of Appeals. He has
extensive arbitration and mediation experience. Mr. Davis was awarded the
Emory Buckner Medal by the Federal Bar Council in 1990, the Milton Gould
Award for Outstanding Appellate Advocacy by the Office of the Appellate
Defender in 1996, the William J. Brennan Jr. Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Public Discourse by the Brennan Center in 1999, the Law and
Society Award by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest in 2000, the 1846
Award by the New York Correctional Association in 2001, the Whitney North
Seymour Award by the Federal Bar Council in 2002, and the Servant of Justice
Award from the Episcopal Diocese of New York in 2004. He was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in 1998 and has recently
served as the President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New
York.
Mr. Davis received a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from
Columbia Law School in 1969, where he was editor-in-chief of the Columbia
Law Review, and an undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Harvard College in
1966. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Davis served as the Watergate Task
Force Leader of the Impeachment Inquiry of the U.S. House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee in 1974. From 1972 to 1974, he was Chief of the
Consumer Protection Division of the New York City Law Department, and from
1971 to 1972, as General Counsel of the New York City Budget Bureau. He
also served as law clerk to Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court
and the Honorable Harold Leventhal of the Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit.
Mr. Davis is a member of the New York State Bar
Association and its Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct, the American
Bar Association, where he chaired the Standing Committee on Public
Education, and the New York County Lawyers' Association. He is a member of
the American Law Institute, and the Board of Governors of the Franklin and
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York. Mr. Davis was Vice
Chair of the Trustees of Columbia University from 2001-2005 where he also
served as Chairman of the Finance Committee. He is a Director of the Center
for Family Representation, the Adirondack Council, the Citizens Budget
Commission and The Spence School.
