New York City, NY – July 31, 2023 – FisherBroyles, LLP is pleased to announce Anthony E. Davis has joined the Firm as a Partner. He joins from Clyde & Co US LLP, where he was Of Counsel.

Anthony joins the Firm’s Corporate Department and its Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Practice, where he will draw on his extensive experience to advise clients on matters concerning professional responsibility, risk management, and every aspect of the law governing lawyers.

Anthony is an industry leader in the field of legal ethics and professional responsibility. He frequently presents on the topic to various organizations including: the American Bar Association (“ABA”), the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and the New York State and New York City Bar Associations.

He has authored several widely-referenced articles, papers, and foundational books, including:

• ‘Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms’, co-authored with Katie M. Lachter;
• ‘The Essential Formbook; Comprehensive Management Tools for Lawyers’, co-authored with Gary Munneke;
• ‘Reforming Lawyer Mobility – Protecting Turf or Serving Clients’, co-authored with James W. Jones, Simon Chester, and Caroline Hart; and
• ‘Increasing Profitability by Improving Client Intake’, published within, ‘The Mechanics of Law Firm Profitability: People, Process, and Technology’, co-authored with Wendy Wen Yun Chang.

Anthony is regularly interviewed by, and provides content for, various media publications about legal ethics, law firm risk management, and the law governing lawyers – and authors the bi-monthly ‘Professional Responsibility’ column in the New York Law Journal.

Anthony also shares his knowledge and expertise with the next generation of lawyers via his role as Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia University School of Law, where he teaches, ‘Professional Responsibility Issues in Business Practice.’

Other memberships, past and present, include:

• Past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers;
• Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management; and
• Member of the American Law Institute

 

Michael Pierson, Managing Partner – Global Corporate at FisherBroyles, said:

“We are delighted Anthony has joined the Firm. As one of the preeminent leaders in the field of legal ethics and professional responsibility he will be instrumental in growing the practice at FisherBroyles. Similarly, his expertise will be invaluable in maintaining the high standard of ethics we pride ourselves on at the Firm.”

 

Anthony E. Davis, Partner at FisherBroyles, commented:

“I am pleased to join FisherBroyles and embrace the possibilities offered by the Firm’s unique distributed business model and pioneering approach. I look forward to expanding my practice, offering advice to a wider range of clients, while maintaining existing relationships with clients and colleagues from across the profession.”

 

Anthony is admitted in New York and Colorado and is a solicitor and barrister in England and Wales (both non practicing).

He received his B.A. from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Laws degree in Criminal Justice from New York University School of Law.

 

Further information

FisherBroyles

Michael Pierson, Managing Partner – Global Corporate

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Direct: +1 202 445 3779

 

Thoburns

Tristan Schumann

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Direct: +44 7926 669 740