Veteran Bankruptcy Attorney Jeffry A. Davis Joins Mintz Levin as a Member, Continuing Expansion of Firm's San Diego Office
1/2/2007
San Diego, CA -- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., a full-service, 450-lawyer AmLaw 100 firm with offices throughout the U.S. and in the U.K., announced that Jeffry A. Davis, a veteran bankruptcy attorney, has joined the firm's San Diego office as a member, practicing in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Commercial Law Section.
Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Mr. Davis was a partner at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. Over the course of his career, he has focused on representing companies in connection with bankruptcy, loan workouts, insolvency and debtor and creditor rights. Mr. Davis has significant experience providing bankruptcy counsel to debtors, creditors and buyers in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, software, health care real estate and food service.
"Jeff's impressive background and extensive experience handling a variety of bankruptcy matters of behalf of clients in a range of industries further strengthens Mintz Levin's growing, full-service West Coast corporate practice," said Craig Hunsaker, head of the firm's San Diego office and a Member of the firm's Employment Labor and Benefits Section.
"The firm's bankruptcy practice is increasingly viewed as one of the premier national bankruptcy practices in the country. Having Jeff anchoring our practice on the West Coast is going to be hugely valuable to the practice and foremost, to our clients," added Richard Mikels, the head of Mintz Levin's Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Commercial Law Section and a member of the firm's Policy Committee.
Mr. Davis, is admitted to practice in California and New York, the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Eastern District of New York. A graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, he earned a law degree from Boston University.
Mr. Davis has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for the past nine consecutive years and is listed among San Diego Magazine's Best Lawyers in San Diego. He is also a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy and related issues for various professional and trade groups.
With a nationally recognized bankruptcy practice, Mintz Levin represents all parties and interests involved in debtor/creditor relationships including debtors, creditors, committees, examiners, trustees, lenders and borrowers, landlords, equipment lessors, acquirers, bondholders and indenture trustees. The firm also has one of the foremost national bankruptcy practices representing tax-exempt municipal bondholders and their indenture trustees. In addition, Mintz Levin, as a full service firm, has the capabilities necessary to address the interplay of bankruptcy law and lender liability law, labor law, pension law, landlord-tenant law, tax law, public and private bond finance, health care law, and environmental law, among others.
Mintz Levin is an AmLaw 100 law firm with offices in the US and the UK. The firm has exceptional depth in a broad range of practice areas, but our clients recognize that what sets us apart from other law firms is our industry focus. By truly understanding business drivers and industry trends, we are able to provide our clients with more than just legal advice. We provide legal solutions to our clients' business issues. Since 1933, our lawyers have represented entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, government agencies, and leaders in primary industries that include Life Sciences/Biotechnology; Technology & Communications; Financial Services & Insurance; Healthcare; Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction; and Retail & Consumer Products. Our practical knowledge combined with our industry expertise enables us to provide our clients with enterprise legal advice that gives their business a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
