Clay Davis

Of Counsel

Biography

Clay Davis handles high-stakes civil litigation and trials with urgency. When threatened by emergent crises, claims of catastrophic injuries under aggravating circumstances, technical complexity, and sensitive publicity, sophisticated clients trust Clay for steady guidance through – or around – trial and appellate courts or arbitration to an efficient and creative resolution. Clay also advises on how to prospectively mitigate such risks.

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Representative Experience

Wrote the no-duty summary judgment argument (in an ensemble motion) excusing a Grammy-winning rapper from ten-fatality concert “crowd crush” multi-district litigation
Represented a Country Music Association Award-winning singer suddenly unable to sing after oral surgery exceeded informed consent
Obtained permanent injunctions stopping misappropriation of a plastics manufacturer’s trade secrets, and meanwhile negotiated an advantageous triangular sale of its distressed inventory to intervening competitors
Maintained consistent defenses across dozens of injury lawsuits for every domestic operating subsidiary of an omnipresent parcel delivery logistics conglomerate, as well as for the disparate independent service providers sharing their motor carrier operating authority
Parachuted in after an adverse dangerous-dogs finding, won an absolute defense judgment by delicately cross examining the nine-year-old alleged victim of two German Shepherds to expose her parents’ conspiracy to exaggerate her story

Licensed In

Texas

Education

J.D. Baylor University Law School

B.S. The University of Texas at Austin

Memberships

State Bar of Texas
San Antonio Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute

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Press Release

Experienced Litigator Clay Davis Joins Steptoe & Johnson’s San ...

SAN ANTONIO – Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to welcome Clay Davis to the San Antonio offic...

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