William Pearce Davis
Partner
Location:
Columbia, South Carolina
Phone:
803-799-9091
888-675-4538
888-675-4538
Fax:
803-779-3423
E-mail:
Bill Davis joined the firm in 1992. Prior to that, he worked in private practice in Rock Hill and Georgia and as in-house counsel for an insurance company. Davis' practice centers on Insurance Defense and Insurance Coverage issues, including bad faith, as well as Products Liability. He taught Insurance Law as an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law from 2006 to 2008. He is a member of the state bars of Georgia and South Carolina and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association.
Davis, a Newberry native, graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1977 and from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981.
Away from his practice, Davis is active in canine rescue efforts.
Areas of Practice
- Appellate Practice
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Defense
- Products Liability
Litigation Percentage
- 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1981
- Georgia, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1981
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- J.D. - 1981
- Honors: Member, International Moot Court Team
- University of South Carolina
- B.A (Magna Cum Laude) - 1977
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Richland County Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar Association, Ethics Advisory Panel, 1985 - 1990
- State Bar of Georgia
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Phi Delta Phi
