Robert Jacob Davis

Robert Jacob Davis was born in upstate New York, moved to Austin, Texas, in his childhood, and currently resides in Dallas, Texas. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1989 and subsequently admitted to the United States District Courts for Northern, Eastern and Western Districts in Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Davis received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986 and a Juris Doctor degree from Baylor University Law School in 1989. While in law school, Mr. Davis was a member of Phi Delta Phi honorary legal fraternity. Mr. Davis served as an Assistant City Attorney, City of Dallas, Texas during 1989-1994. He is a member of the Dallas Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Davis practices primarily in the area of litigation, employment law, and governmental defense. During his years with the Dallas City Attorney's Office and now in private practice, Mr. Davis has gained substantial litigation experience in both Federal and State Court, serving as lead counsel in numerous lawsuits, jury trials, and appeals.

Representative clients include Collin County, Texas; City of Plano, Texas; Denton County Texas; Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool.

Representative cases include: Anders v. Rumfield, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 6614 (5th Cir. 2026); Town of Prosper v. Harper, 2025 WL 1909496 (Tex. App. – Dallas, 2025, no pet.); Cerullo v. Johnson, 2025 WL 1712078 (Tex. App. - Dallas, 2025, no pet.); Fein v. City of Plano, 2025 WL 806210 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2025, no pet.); Galovelho, LLC v. Abbott, 2023 Tex. App. LEXIS 6733 (Tex. App. – Dallas, 2023, pet. denied); Nelson v. City of Plano, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 8540 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2022, pet denied); Vann v. Paxton, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127674, cert. denied, 142 S.Ct. 500 (2021); Wooten v. Roach, 964 F.3d 395 (5th Cir. 2020); Collin County v. City of McKinney, 553 S.W.3d 79 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2018, no pet); Marzett v. McCraw, et. al. 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 4260, cert. denied, 137 S. Ct. 160 (2016); Amrhein v. Riechert, et. al., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS, cert. denied, 135. Ct. 1479 (2015); Preston State Bank v. Willis, et al., 443 S.W.3d 428, cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 111 (2015); Florance v. Bush, et. al., 2010 WL 2710665, cert. denied, 131 S. Ct. (2011); Quinn v. Roach, 326 Fed. Appx. 280, cert. denied, 130 S.Ct. 1050 (2010); Florance v. Buchmeyer, 258 Fed.Appx. 702, cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 2905 (2008); Florance, v. Taylor, 219 S.W.3d 620, cert. denied 128 S. Ct. 700 (2007); Penley v. Collin County, Texas, et al., 446 F.3d 572, cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 216 (2006); Peacock, et ux. v. City of Murphy, Texas, 123 Fed. Appx. 609, cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 342 (2005); and numerous other published and unpublished decisions.