321 North Clark Street
Suite 2300
Chicago,
Illinois
60654
 312.464.3188
 312.275.8505
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Theresa
L.
Davis
Partner
Theresa Davis focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation. Ms. Davis has more than 15 years of experience representing banks, financial institutions, private equity and hedge funds, insurance companies and other parties in commercial, bankruptcy, reorganization and corporate governance matters.
Ms. Davis also has substantial experience representing public and private companies and their directors, officers and key employees in securities actions, directors’ and officers’ liability actions and regulatory investigations. She has conducted more than a dozen internal investigations for corporate clients, boards of directors and board committees, and is skilled in handling matters involving the interaction between regulatory investigations, enforcement proceedings and civil lawsuits. She has handled a wide range of matters arising from allegations of accounting irregularities, breaches of fiduciary duties, insider trading, inadequate or misleading public disclosures, purchase price disputes and options backdating.
Ms. Davis’ background in business allows her to work effectively with her clients to understand the business, industry, market and competitive forces underlying a particular issue or litigation. She is able to quickly and accurately evaluate the risks, exposure and impact of a situation and she utilizes cutting-edge technology, multi-disciplined teams and cost-effective strategies to reach the best possible result for her clients.
Publications/Speeches
- Speaker, PLI Understanding the Securities Laws 2011, Chicago, Illinois (October 27-28, 2011)
- Author, Liability for Securities Law Violations, Practicing Law Institute, Understanding the Securities Law (October 2011)
- Co-Author, Overview of Commercial Non-Bankruptcy Remedies, Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee and YLS Bankruptcy (October 6, 2011)
- Speaker, Crisis Management for Lawyers: Conducting Internal Investigations, CLE Presentation, Chicago, Illinois (September 12, 2011)
- Speaker, Ethics, eDiscovery and Enforcement: A Guide for In-house Counsel, Chicago, Illinois (June 14, 2011)
- Speaker, Stemming the Rising Tide of SOX Whistleblower Retaliation Claims, MCCA's 10th Annual CLE Expo, Chicago, Illinois (March 2011)
- Speaker, PLI Understanding the Securities Laws 2010, Chicago, Illinois (November 15-16, 2010)
- Speaker, Litigating Class Actions Between Certification and Trial, Strafford Publications (November 3, 2010)
Affiliations
- Member, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, Research Advisory Board
- Member, CBA Alliance for Women, Executive Committee and Co-Chair of Women’s Leadership Institute
- Member, ABA Class Action & Derivative Suits Committee
- Co-Chair, ABA National Institute on Class Actions
- Board Member, National Women's Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Distinctions
- Named in "Illinois Super Lawyers" in Securities Litigation, a Thomson Reuters business (2012)
- Recommended “Top Lawyers in Illinois” in Commercial Litigation, Leading Lawyers Network, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company (2012)
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, J.D., 1994, With Honors
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., With Highest Distinction
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
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