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Gilbert K. Davis is partner with the law firm of Davis & Associates, Fairfax, Virginia. Mr. Davis earned a B.A. from Cornell College and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He directed two state agencies in Iowa following graduation from college. Before entering law school, he was a teacher of American history in the public schools of Iowa City, Iowa and he is currently president of the Fairfax, Virginia based Para-Legal Institute. Mr. Davis was Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1969 to 1973 and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the District of Columbia Superior Court, the Supreme Court of Virginia and many other federal district and circuit courts. Mr. Davis has tried cases in 20 states and the District of Columbia. He was Associate Editor of the 1969 revision of the Virginia Lawyer Handbook and authored the Criminal Trial Manual for the United States Attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia. Mr. Davis was chairman of the Young Republican Federation of Virginia in 1973-74, and served as Parliamentarian for the White House Conference on Small Business in 1986. He has instructed trial lawyers in various aspects of litigation at numerous seminars, and is in demand as a public speaker. Mr. Davis also served as an MSNBC TV news analyst. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the American Trial Lawyers Association. During a distinguished legal career, Mr. Davis brought the first prosecution under the Clean Air Act and the first prosecution of an aircraft hijacker. Mr. Davis obtained for a client the largest judgment in Kentucky history. He also prosecuted the Director of the United States Marshall Service, the first Nixon administration official to go to prison, and brought the first civil case against a sitting President of the United States (Jones v. Clinton). He successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court, which unanimously held that a sitting President is not immune from prosecution for personal misconduct. | 