The founder of Ralph Davis Law, Ralph D. Davis represents people in Illinois. He focuses his practice on personal injury, mass torts and product liability. The cases that Mr. Davis handles often involve the following matters: wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, medical device injuries, motor vehicle accidents, crime victim injuries and pharmaceutical injuries. In addition to these, Mr. Davis also represents represents neighbors of large scale animal feedings operations that are the sources of nuisance.

After graduating from The University of Chicago in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts, Mr. Davis went to The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He earned a Master of Business Administration in 1972 and then attended Northwestern University School of Law. In 1987, Mr. Davis graduated with his Juris Doctor.

For nearly 30 years, Mr. Davis has practiced law, and he dedicates 100 percent of his practice to litigation. He knows the many challenges that injured victims face ─ emotionally, mentally, physically and financially – and works hard to win them the compensation they are entitled to. Mr. Davis is admitted to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

He is the author of several published works on topics such as marketing legal services, contemporary business law, advertising bans and custom consumer research. Mr. Davis was honored as one of the Top 100 Illinois attorneys from 2010 to present by The National Trial Lawyers. In 2015, he was selected as one of the top 10 Illinois Lawyers by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys.

Practice Areas

70%Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
30%Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff

Focus Areas

Personal Injury - Plaintiff

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About Ralph Davis

Admitted: 1987, Illinois

Professional Webpage: http://www.ralphdavislaw.com/Attorney/Ralph-D-Davis.shtml

Honors/Awards:

Best Paper of the Year, Holmes/Cardozo Award, American Business Law Association, 1988
Best Article of the Year, American Business Law Journal, 1990

Bar/Professional Activity:

U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1997
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1996
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1994
Illinois, 1987
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1996
United States Supreme Court

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Co-Author, Comprehensive Textbook, 1407 pages, hardcover, Contemporary Business Law and the Legal Environment, McGraw-Hill, New York (5th Ed.), 1994
False Teeth to a Chicken: Products, Advertising & You, 218 pages, Trade Book, International Publishing Corporation, Chicago, IL, 1991
Identifying Uses of Custom Consumer Research in Products Liability, Journal of Products Liability, Vol. 9, pp. 329-59, 1986
The New FDA Position on Health-Related Messages for Food Products and Constitutionally Protected Speech, Food Drug Cosmetic LJ, Vol. 42, pp. 365-39, 1987
New Censors in the Academy: Two Approaches to Curb Their Influence," Science, Technology and Human Values, Vol. 13, No. 1 & 2, pp. 64-74, 1988
Different Treatment of Marketing and Design Defects in Pure Risk-Utility Balancing: Who's the Villain?, American Business Law Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 41-62, 1989
Co-Author, Attitudes and Opinion on Marketing Legal Services: A Survey of Lawyers in Private Practice in Chicago, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 2, pp. 743-59, 1989
An Alternative Liability Theory for Deceptive Advertising, American Business Law Association Conference, 1989
New Prohibitionism on Trial: Judicial Approval of Baltimore's Ad Ban Should be Reversed," Legal Backgrounder, Washington Legal Foundation, Vol. 9, No. 13, April, 1994
Advertising Bans Vulnerable to Constitutional and Statutory Challenges, Legal Backgrounder, Washington Legal Foundation, Vol. 10, No. 21, June, 1995

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