Steve Davis - Edwardsville, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois, 2003
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA, 2000
    Bachelor of Science
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Accounting

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Introduction to the Southern District of Illinois: How and When to File Your Pradaxa Case and an Update on Discovery, Harris Martin Pradaxa Litigation Conference, November 1, 2012

Representative Cases

• Transvaginal Mesh(TVM) Related Cases – Represented hundreds of women injured by defective and dangerous transvaginal mesh products. The overwhelming majority of these women have now received confidential settlements.
• OxyContin – Represented thousands of “accidental addicts”. After protracted litigation, he helped to obtain a large settlement for individuals harmed by Oxycontin and assisted the DOJ in obtaining guilty pleas from corporate representatives.
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Prempro Products et al., case number 4:03-cv-01507, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. – Represented women who took hormone replacement therapy medications that subsequently developed breast cancer. This hard-fought litigation took many years, but ultimately resulted in confidential settlements for clients.
• Pradaxa (Dabigatran Etexilate) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2385 – Appointed by Judge Herndon as Co-Liason Counsel in the MDL. After protracted litigation, the defendants agreed to a $650 million settlement.
• Zelnorm Litigation., Case No. 280 – Represented men and women injured as a result of this IBS treatment. These cases were resolved through a confidential settlement.

Published Works

Articles

• Everything Revolves Around Food: A Day in the Life of Someone with an Eating Disorder, Living Safer
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 2003
• Missouri, 2004
• California, 2007
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois

Other Affiliations

• American Association for Justice
• American Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Madison County Bar Association
• Cook County Bar Association
• Court-Appointed Guardian ad litem in Madison County, IL
• The Injury Board