Title: Partner
Primary Office: Philadelphia, PA
Practice Area/s: Workers' Compensation, Nursing Home and Long Term Care Liability
Telephone: 215.972.7905 | Fax: 215.564.7699
Email: cdavis@wglaw.com
Professional Experience:
Mr. Davis devotes the majority of his practice to defending Workers' Compensation matters in state and federal court on behalf of insurance carriers, self-insured entities and third-party administrators. Mr. Davis Workers' Compensation practice is limited to Pennsylvania matters while his federal practice involves defending cases brought under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and Jones Act.
In addition, Mr. Davis served as a law clerk for past President Joseph T. Doyle of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania from 1992-1994 dealing extensively with municipal law including the Zoning laws of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation matters.
Mr. Davis served as a Township Commissioner in Nether Providence Township in Delaware County Pennsylvania from 1998-2004. He continues his commitment to community service by currently serving on the Zoning and Hearing Board of Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Davis speaks regularly on the subject of workers’ compensation to clients, claims associations and trade groups.
Education:
Widener University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1992.
Citation Editor, Law Review,Widener Journal of Public Law.
University of Pittsburgh, B.A. Economics and Political Science, 1989.
Professional Memberships and Activities:
Admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Member, Middletown Township Zoning Hearing Board
Zoning Solicitor, Nether Providence Township Zoning Hearing Board
Former Member, Nether Providence Township Board of Commissioners
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Bar Association
Legislative Liaison, Workers' Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association
Recent News:
2009-11-28 :: Christian A. Davis and Wendy S. Smith Co-Author Article for PSIA
2009-06-19 :: Nursing Home and Long Term Care Liability Practice Group Formed
2006-11-22 :: Christian A. Davis Authors Article in PSIA Newsletter
Speaking Engagements and Presentations:
2009-03-17 :: Weber Gallagher Attorneys to Speak at Workers' Compensation Seminar