Kathleen Davies

Professional Experience

The Davies Law Firm, LLC
Owner, 2008 – Present

• Work on Personal Injury, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Custody Cases.
• Also handle Wrongful Death, Products Liability and Negligence Claims.

Todd E. Copeland & Associates
Chief of Litigation, 2007 – 2008

• Worked on personal injury, wrongful death, products liability and negligence claims.

The Nation Law Firm
Associate Attorney, 2006

• Worked on class-action RICO suit against the tobacco industry.

Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld and Toll
Of-Counsel, 2005

• Worked on class-action RICO suit against the tobacco industry.

U.S. Attorney’s Office
Assistant United States Attorney, 1992-2002
Senior Homicide Prosecutor for the Seventh District

• Handled more than 45 major felony jury trials
• Performed all aspects of criminal prosecutions, including grand jury investigations, depositions, hearings, motions, litigation, briefs and appellate arguments
• Received Special Achievement Award for Meritorious Service, 1997, 2001 and 2002
• Earned Commendation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, for outstanding performance in the prosecution of a federal public corruption case, 1996

William J. Fulbright Association
Fullbright Scholar, 1999-2000

• Lectured on the U.S. legal system, criminal law, criminal procedure and trial advocacy at the Kaliningrad State University Law School and the International Law School
• Taught seminars on U.S. criminal procedure for the Kaliningrad State University law faculty, the Kaliningrad Police Academy, and the Office of the Kaliningrad Prosecutor

U.S. Department of Justice
Lecturer, 1998

• Taught workshops on criminal law for judges in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia

Dade County State Attorney’s Office
Assistant State Attorney, 1987 – 1992
Division Chief

• Handled more than 50 jury trials and 75 bench trials
• Supervised all felony attorneys in the division
• Received Special Achievement Award, 1990, 1991

Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program
Guest Lecturer, 1993

• Taught trial advocacy to third year law students

Education

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA

• Master in Public Administration, 2003
• Concentration in Negotiations and Leadership
• Lucius Littauer Award for Scholastic Achievement and Public Service

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, College of Law, Gainesville, FL

• Juris Doctorate, 1987

OXFORD UNIVERSITY, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, England

• Summer Program, 1985

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, College of Journalism, Gainesville, FL

• Bachelor of Science, 1984

Languages

Russian (conversant), Spanish (conversant)