Walter Davis
Practice Leader
Jones Day
Walt Davis co-leads the Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice for the law firm Jones Day. He is a trusted boardroom advisor and among the most well-regarded business lawyers in the Southeast, having previously served as the inaugural judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court from 2019 to 2022.
Walt's practice focuses on complex business disputes, corporate governance and shareholder issues, activism defense, internal investigations and special committee representations.
Walt currently serves on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the State of Georgia, the Board of Councilors for The Carter Center and the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Area Council of Scouting America. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, a Master in the Clarke-Carley Inn of Court, and an adjunct professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, where he has lectured on securities and corporate governance issues.
Walt previously served as president of the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation and Co-Chair of the Securities and Corporate Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar.
