Colin B. Davis is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he currently practices in the firm's Litigation Department. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Davis served as a law clerk to The Honorable Janis L. Sammartino of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
Mr. Davis earned his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude in 2010 from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he served as a Lead Articles Editor and Symposium Coordinator of the San Diego Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. As a member of the University of San Diego's Appellate Clinic, Mr. Davis litigated a challenge to the denial of a petitioner's application for asylum and withholding of removal and presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Davis also is the author of Nudging Mutual Fund Fees Downward: Using Default Rules to Combat Excessive Advisory Fees, 47 San Diego L. Rev. 185 (2010). In 2006, Mr. Davis received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Santa Clara University.
Mr. Davis is a member of the California bar, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.