Practice Areas
Michael D. Davis
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Print PDFMr. Davis is experienced in business development, including the formation and representation of corporations, professional corporations, non-profit corporations, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures; in real estate transactions, including real estate development, property / home / condominium owners associations, land use, organized real estate and water law; and, in business and real estate litigation, including eminent domain, water rights litigation and groundwater basin adjudication.
Education
- Southwestern University, School of Law, Los Angeles, California, J.D., 1980
- University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, B.A., 1971
Bars
- California, 1980
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983
- U.S. District Court of California, Central District, 1980
- U.S. District Court of California, Southern District, 1985
- U.S. District Court of California, Northern District, 1997
- U.S. District Court of California, Eastern District, 2000
- U.S. Tax Court, 1983
- California Supreme Court, 1980
Affiliations
- San Bernardino County Bar Association, 1980-present, Member
- The State Bar of California, 1980-present, Member, Business Law/Real Estate Law Sections
- American Bar Association, 1978-present, Member
- High Desert Bar Association, President, 1983 - 1985, Director, 1981 - 1985
- California Association of Realtors, Legal Affairs, Committee, Member
- Association of California Water Agencies, Member
- Victor Valley Community College District, Trustee, 1983-1987, Secretary, 1984-1985, President, 1985-1987
- Victor Valley College District Foundation, Director, 1985-2003, Chairman, 1988-1994
- San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee, Elected Member, 1987-1993, Director, 1988-1989, Chairman, 1989-1990, Alternate Member, 2002-Present
- San Bernardino National Forest Association, Vice President, 2005, Director, 2003-Present
- Technical Advisory Committee to the Mojave Water Agency, Vice Chairman, 2003-Present
- Excelsior (formerly Excelsior Education Center) Director, 2005-present, President, 2005-2008, Clerk, 2009
- Hartman Foundation, Director, 2001-Present
- Mitsubishi Cement Corporation Educational Foundation, Director, 2005-present
- High Desert Community Foundation, Director, 2004-Present
- Victor Valley Republican Club, Founding Member
- Lincoln Club of the Victor Valley, Founding Member
- Master Mason, Fox-Coates Daylight Lodge No. 842, F&AM of California, 1997
- Rotary Club of Apple Valley, 1981-2000
- Rotary Club of Victor Valley Sunrise, President, 2001-2002, Director, 2000-Present
- Rotary International Foundation, 1982-present, Member
- Paul Harris Fellow, Member, 1985-present
- Paul Harris Society, Member, 2005-2007
- High Desert Rotary Clubs Foundation Committee, Chairperson, 2005-2006
- Victorville Chamber of Commerce, Director, 1985-1986, Member, 1983-present
- Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce, Member, 2008-present