Thea D. Davis
Adjunct Professor of Law

B.A., Spelman College; J.D., cum laude, Thomas M. Cooley Law School; LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center

Thea Davis is an attorney with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where she serves as the Deputy General Counsel for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration.

Previously, she was a corporate associate at Varnum Riddering and a litigation associate at Miller Johnson, both in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Her legal practice and interests include tax, ERISA, mergers and acquisitions, and securities.

While in law school, Professor Davis was a Senior Associate Editor for the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review and Managing Editor for the Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law.  She also clerked for the Michigan Department of the Attorney General, where she focused on antitrust and securities law issues.

Before attending law school, Professor Davis was an elementary school teacher in Alpharetta, Georgia and Trenton, New Jersey.

Professor Davis is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the State Bar of Michigan.  She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Professor Davis teaches Lawyering Process I and II.