Charles Davant

About Charles Davant

Charles Davant represents clients in high-stakes litigation. He has represented clients in disputes over contracts, trade secrets, intellectual property licenses, real estate, civil rights, labor law, financial services, and numerous other areas in state and federal courts, and in JAMS, and ICC arbitrations. Charles has particular experience defending law firms and accounting firms accused of malpractice or other wrongdoing. He has represented many of the largest law firms and accounting firms, and he has been named by Super Lawyers to the Washington, D.C. “Rising Stars” list for Professional Liability Defense (20••••16). Born and raised in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Charles graduated with high honors from Dartmouth College. Charles received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law, where he graduated first in his class, summa cum laude, and was a member of the Order of the Coif. He was Executive Editor, Duke Law Journal. Charles clerked for Judge Ronald M. Gould of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit before joining Williams & Connolly LLP in 2003. In 2017, he was appointed by the D.C. Court of Appeals to chair its Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, on which he has served since 2011. In 2015, he was appointed to a D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility Hearing Committee. He is a member of his firm\'s Ethics Committee and of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Charles lives on Capitol Hill with his wife and their two children. An avid runner, he has completed nine marathons.

Experience

1. Partner

   Williams & Connolly LLP

   Oct 2003 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• Duke University School of Law

  JD

  1999 — 2002

• Dartmouth College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Comparative Literature

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Civil Litigation
• Litigation
• Courts
• Legal Research
• Intellectual Property
• Legal Writing
• Defense
• Appeals
• Trials
• Internal Investigations
• Securities Regulation
• Securities Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Arbitration
• Class Actions