Florence Ann Davis

Background

Davis, Florence Ann was born on February 22, 1955 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Richard Davis and Charlotte (Saul) McGhee.

Education

AB with highest honors, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 1976. Juris Doctor, New York University School Law, 1979.

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1980, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

1983, United States.

Supreme Court. 1984, United States. Tax Court. Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Nationals Team.

Recipient: Root Tilden Scholarship.

Orison Marden Medal, Moot Court. Durant Scholar. Associate Attorney, Member, Litigation Group and Member, Commodities and Financial Futures Group, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, New York, 1979-1986.

Director of Compliance, 1988-1995, Head of Equity Division, Legal Practice Group, 1989-1995, Head of Fixed Income/Futures, Legal Practice Group, 1987-1988 and Litigation Counsel, 1986-1988, Morgan Stanley & Company, Incorporated. Member: District Committee and District Business Conduct Committee, District 10, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1994—.

Board of Arbitrators, National Association of Security Dealers, 1990—.

Member, Compliance Advisory Committee, 1989-1995 and Member, Committee to Revise Series 14 Examination, 1993, New York Stock Exchange. Vice President, Administration and Membership, 1995, Vice President, Education, 1992-1994, and Member, Executive Committee, Law and Compliance Division, 1990-1995, Securities Industry Association. Panelist: Ethics Conference, New York Stock Exchange, February 9, 1995.

American Language Institute -American Bar Association Conference on Broker-Dealer Regulation, Washington, January 12, 1995.

"The Nuts and Bolts of Compliance," SIA Compliance and Legal Seminar, New York, November 5, 1990. "Markups, Sales of Unregistered Stock," National Association of Securities Dealers Educational Seminar, October 5, 1993.

Chair, SIA Compliance and Legal Division, 1994 Annual Seminar, March 20-23, 1994. Company-Chair, SIA Compliance and Legal Division, 1993 Annual Seminar.

Day Chair, SIA Compliance and Legal Division, 1992 Annual Seminar.

Company-Chair, SIA 1993 Regional Compliance Seminar, Chicago. Lecturer: "General Fixed Income Compliance Issues," SIA Fixed Income Compliance Issues, March 4, 1992. "Fixed Income Trading Issues," SIA Fixed Income Compliance Seminar, May 13, 1993.

"Proprietary and Employee Trade Surveillance, SIA 1993 Regional Compliance Seminar.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York American Bar Association.

(Vice President and General Counsel).

Achievements

• Florence A. Davis has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member Securities Industry Association (Vice-President education Compliance and Legal division 1992, Executive Committee Compliance and Legal division 1990-1992).

Connections

Married Kevin J. O'Brien, May 28, 1978. Children: Rebecca Davis, Sarah Davis.

Father:

Richard Davis McGhee

Mother:

Charlotte (Saul) McGhee

Spouse:

Kevin J. O'Brien

child:

Rebecca Davis

child:

Sarah Davis