Background
Davis, Alan Jay was born on February 4, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rudolph Alan and Adele (Saver) Davis.
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Alan Jay Davis
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Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1957; Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard University, 1960.
Career
Law clerk to chief judge, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit), Philadelphia, 1960-1961;
associate, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, 1961-1966;
chief assistant district attorney, Office District Attorney, Philadelphia, 1966-1968;
partner, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, 1968-1991;
chairman litigation department, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, 1987-1991;
senior litigation partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, since 1991. Special master to investigate prison system and sheriff's department Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, 1968-1970. Lecturer law University of Pennsylvania School Law, Philadelphia, 1973-1977.
City Solicitor Philadelphia, 1980-1982. Chief labor negotiator Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia, 1982, School District Philadelphia, 1984, 96, City of Philadelphia, 1991-1993.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman metropolitan advisory board Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Philadelphia, 1986-1988. Member school committee Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, 1986-1988. Trustee Free Library. of Philadelphia, 1995-1998.
President University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inns of Court, since 1998. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, American Law Institute, Pyramid Club.
Connections
Married Roslyn Kutcher, October 4, 1939. Children: Jennifer C., Michael R.
