Top Rated Civil Rights Attorney in Savannah, GA

Honors/Awards

• Presented for the promotion of racial harmony at the 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation., Torch of Peace Award, Georgia State University- Diversity Education, 2002

Educational Background

• Georgia State University College of Law, 2002
• Master's in Public Administration (MPA) Bowie State University, 1998
• United States Naval Academy (Political Science), 1991

Pro bono/Community Service

• Representation of teenager falsely accused of aggravated assault and aggravated battery.  After 9 months and 100 days in jail all charges were dismissed.  Teenager is now a scholarship student at Paine College., 2009
• Developed the "Consequences of Thug Life" multimedia presentation. "State of Emergency: The Consequences of Thug Life”, includes hip hop music and images that are prevalent in youth and “urban” culture.  During the course of a PowerPoint presentation, Attorney Davis will explains the law in Georgia and discusses various issues from his perspective as a criminal defense attorney.  He challenges the young attendees to think critically about their decision making.
• Let Us Make Man Co-founder and Legal Seminar Facilitator.  Let Us Make Man is an organization founded to positively address the increased number of young people of color arrested and incarcerated.

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Gate City Bar Association R.E. Thomas Civil Rights Award, 2010
• American Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division 1st Place Award (MIPC)  , 2006
• Georgia State University College of Law BLSA Outstanding Alumni of the Year, 2011
• State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyer's Division Outstanding Service to the Bar, 2007
• Award of Achievement State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyer's Division, 2006
• Seaborn Lee Trailblazer Award, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity

• Vice President Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers  , 2012
• Program Chair for Winter Seminar/CLE for the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2009
• Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service Selection Committee, 2011
• Dekalb Lawyer's Association Member-at-Large  , 2011
• Moderator for the Southern Center for Human Rights' Litigating Race: Social Science & Trial Tactics Continuing Legal Education.  , 2011

Industry Groups

• Georgia Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers