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Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mike Davis is board certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He practices in the exacting areas of personal injury, wrongful death and product liability litigation. Recent cases have involved auto / truck accidents, harmful pharmaceutical products and air crashes.

Davis is an essential part of the firm's strategic team on business torts, commercial litigation, aviation law and appellate litigation. In addition, he is a trained mediator.

Demanding Accountability

Davis has obtained some of his most significant recoveries in product liability cases against automobile manufacturers and dealerships. His experience includes cases resulting from vehicle rollovers, fires, seat belt injuries and automobile structural failures in collisions.

He also has legal expertise in major cases arising from commercial trucking accidents, cases and trials against major tobacco and chemical companies, and cases involving persons disabled or killed in workplace accidents, equipment failures or chemical exposures. He has done extensive appellate work, particularly on issues involving product liability, discovery and insurance coverage questions.

Named to the "Best Lawyers in America"

For his excellence, Davis has been named to the "Best Lawyers of America," and to "Super Lawyers" (sponsored by American Law Media). He serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and has been a State Delegate for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He is past President of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association (CATLA) and remains abreast of current developments in law through active participation in several legal professional groups.

Davis graduated with honors from St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio, where he served as an editor on the law journal. Admitted to the bar in 1979, he began his legal career as a briefing attorney for Justice Franklin S. Spears on the Texas Supreme Court.

Areas of Practice

• Wrongful Death
• Product Liability Litigation

Representative Cases

• Ischy v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co., 718 S.W.2d 885 (Tex.App.-Austin 1986)
• Yowell v. Piper Aircraft Corp., 703 S.W.2d 630 (Tex. 1986)
• Ranger Ins. Co. v. Robertson, 707 S.W.2d 135 (Tex.App.-Austin 1986)

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1979
• U.S. Federal Court, 1980
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1984

Certification/Specialties

• Personal Injury, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate)
• Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association (CATLA) (Past President)

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers of America, 2004 - 2005
• Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly and American Law Media

Past Employment Positions

• Justice Franklin S. Spears on the Texas Supreme Court, Briefing Attorney

Education

• St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 1978
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  
  Law Journal: St. Mary's Law Journal, Editor
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1976
  B.A.

Published Works

• What Crisis? (Co-Author 6 Litigation 43), Fall, 1979
• Jury Tampering, 1978 Style (Co-Author) 15 Trial 25, August, 1979
• Federal Procedure Third Party Practice 9 St. Mary's Law Journal 599, 1978

Address

2705 Bee Cave Road
Suite 220
Austin, TX 78746

Phones

(512) 795-8686

Faxes

(512) 795-8787

Emails

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Websites

http://www.slackdavis.com (Slack & Davis)
http://aviation.slackdavis.com (Slack & Davis aviation site)