Nakia Davis - Associate

Nakia Davis received her J.D. in 2006 from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, where she received a merit scholarship and won the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Mock Trial Competition. Ms. Davis was also a quarter-finalist in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, and a member of the St. Thomas More Inn of Court.

Ms. Davis received a B.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University in 1996, where she was awarded a full golf scholarship. Ms. Davis also was a recipient of the Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship. She received her Masters in Business Administration from The University of New Orleans in 2003.

She also served as an intern to Justice George C. Hanks of the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Davis is a former professional golfer, competing on the Duramed Futures Tour for four years. As a college golfer, she lettered four years at Vanderbilt, and was a 4-time Louisiana State Girls Golf Champion, and 2-time PGA Gulf States Section Champion.

Educational Background

• Loyola University New Orleans, J.D. 2006
• University of New Orleans, Masters in Business Administration 2003
• Vanderbilt University, B.A. Economics 1996

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Admitted, U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• State Bar of Texas
  • Litigation Section
  • African-American Lawyers’ Section
  • Inaugural Member, LeadershipSBOT
  • Member, Fee Dispute Committee
• St. Thomas More Inn of Court
• Intern, Justice George C. Hanks of the First Circuit Court of Appeals
• Member, Jackie Robinson Foundation Alumni Association
• Houston Bar Association
  • Litigation Section
• Houston Young Lawyers’ Association
  • Board of Directors, 2008-2009
  • Chairperson, Golf Tournament Committee
• Texas Young Lawyers’ Association
• Houston Downtown Alliance Emerging Leaders
  • Professional Development Committee
• American Bar Association
  • Young Lawyers’ Division
  • Litigation Section
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  • Young Lawyers Committee
• Member, Texas Women Lawyers

Professional Honors

• 1st Place, Louisiana State Bar Association’s Mock Trial Competition
• Quarter-finalist, Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition

Professional Highlights

• As second-chair attorney, tried case to verdict, securing a favorable outcome in a wrongful termination case tried in Montgomery, County, Texas, for a leading national distributor of food and paper products where the jury did not award any compensatory damages and awarded only minimal damages for lost wages to the plaintiff (January 2008).
• Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of all claims against clients, an oilfield construction and pipeline infrastructure management company,  in District Court in Harris County, Texas, where plaintiff asserted claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and tortuous interference with business relations and prospective business relations, and was seeking recovery of more than $2 million dollars in damages (March 2008).

Civic Involvement

• Co-Chairperson, Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee – Southwestern Region
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston
• Tiger Woods Foundation Golf Clinic
• Continental Women’s Societies Golf Clinic
• Houston Volunteer Lawyers’ Program
• Houston Bar Association’s Legal Lines
• Incarnate Word Academy Career Day
• Member, Ladies Professional Golf Association National Committee on Diversity
• Member, Tomorrow’s Attorneys Pipeline Program Committee