Alvin B. Davis’ legal practice focuses on complex litigation, arbitration and international dispute resolution in the areas of products liability, securities class actions, environmental claims, regulatory proceedings and a host of sophisticated contractual disputes. He litigates regularly at the trial and appellate levels on behalf of major national and international companies including utilities, manufacturers, insurers, law firms, airlines and non-US governments and agencies. Alvin also is frequently engaged as a private arbitrator or mediator in a wide range of commercial disputes.

In 2011 and 2012, Alvin was selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers, published by Thomson Reuters, based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and as one of the top 100 lawyers in Miami. In 2009 he was also listed in The Legal 500 US and Benchmark: Litigation. Alvin has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than 10 years and has appeared in Chambers USA each year since 2004. In addition, he has been recognized among Florida’s Legal Elite by Florida Trend magazine each year since 2004 and listed among the top lawyers in Florida by the South Florida Legal Guide each year since 2005.

Alvin previously served as the managing partner of Steel Hector & Davis and was managing partner of Squire Sanders’ Miami office from 2005 to 2010, following the combination of Steel Hector and Squire Sanders in 2005.

Alvin lectures regularly to The Florida Bar through both the American Law Institute of the American Bar Association and Lorman Education Services. He is a member of the Dade County Bar Association, Bar Association of the District of Columbia and American Bar Association.

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• Serving as lead Florida counsel in multistate Clean Air Act litigation against the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia Circuit, relating to amendment on pollution limitations.
• Serving as lead trial and appellate counsel in the representation of a Dominican Republic-based manufacturer to recover funds taken in fraudulent currency exchange transactions.
• Serving as co-lead counsel in an arbitration proceeding involving ownership interests in geothermal generation facilities and defects in the related generation equipment for the government of El Salvador.
• Serving as lead trial and appellate counsel in a dispute over the calculation of millions of dollars of annual franchise fees to be paid by a utility to a county government.
• Serving as national lead trial counsel in defense of a medical products manufacturer regarding an implantable medical device.
• Serving as lead counsel for a major Florida utility company before the Florida Supreme Court in a dispute involving attempts by the Florida Public Service Commission to deregulate the wholesale power market.
• Defending successfully a major paint product manufacturer in a seven-week federal trial for the breach of a distributorship agreement.
• Serving as lead counsel for one of the country’s largest daily newspapers in successful enforcement of Florida’s Public Records Act against the construction manager of a massive airport renovation project.
• Serving as lead counsel for airline insurers in successful defense of pollution claims at Miami International Airport.
• Serving as lead committee counsel to an independent directors committee in shareholder derivative securities claims.
• Serving as regional lead trial counsel in a series of complex medical product liability lawsuits at trial and appellate levels.
• Serving as lead counsel for a major US-based airline in a US$4.6 billion dispute over redevelopment of Miami International Airport.
• Serving as lead counsel for a major Florida utility company in a series of electronic and magnetic field (EMF) cases alleging that the utility’s power lines caused cancer.
• Serving as lead counsel at trial and appellate levels in a Florida county’s effort to impose a privilege fee on utility facilities declared unconstitutional.
• Defending successfully a large bank against claims of misappropriation of intellectual property and theft of trade secrets in a federal court jury trial.
• Defending successfully a New York bank renovating a Miami commercial property it had foreclosed upon against claims of constructive eviction and breach of covenants.
• Serving as lead counsel for clients including an international vehicle rental company and major Florida utility in several significant antitrust cases dealing with a wide range of federal and state antitrust and unfair trade practice issues.
• Regularly arguing federal and appellate court appeals including appeals from bankruptcy rulings.
• Serving as lead appellate counsel in a series of appeals pertaining to tobacco litigation.
• Serving as lead trial counsel and appellate counsel in complex lender liability and financial institution cases.
• Serving as lead trial counsel in defense of claims against liability pertaining to allegations of childhood cancer.
• Acting as a private mediator instrumental in designing and structuring several successful settlements of large class action securities cases in federal court and coordinating the settlement effort.