Matthew David Davis

Mr. Davis is a graduate of Boston University and the University of California Hastings College of the Law. He obtained his law degree in 1989. Following law school, he worked for a San Francisco litigation boutique until 1992, when he was recruited by the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. From 1992 through 2001, Mr. Davis served as a Deputy City Attorney representing the municipality and its employees in jury trials and appeals in both State and Federal Court. Beginning in 1995, Matt was requested by then-City Attorney Louise Renne to prosecute in many of the groundbreaking consumer protection lawsuits which the City filed against big businesses, including one which accused the Bank of America of mishandling government bond funds. That case settled for $187,000,000. Matt has been responsible for a number of high-profile verdicts and settlements. Most recently, together with John Echeverria, he successfully tried a class action lawsuit on behalf of over 1,000 Hilton Hotel guests who contracted viral gastroenteritis. The suit alleged that the casino violated State sanitation laws and acted in conscious disregard of its guests’ safety. The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $25,000,000.