Robert . Davis
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Chief Justice Robert N. Davis was appointed by the President of the United States as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on December 4, 2004. He became Chief Judge on October 9, 2016. Prior to his judicial appointment, Chief Judge Davis was a full tenured professor of law at Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida. He joined the Stetson law faculty in August 2001 after teaching for 13 years at the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he was a tenured full professor. He has also held teaching positions at the University of South Florida, Georgetown University Law Center, the University of Memphis, and Washington and Lee University. Chief Judge Davis has extensive experience as an arbitrator and mediator with the American Arbitration Association. He was a mediator with the United States Postal Service and was an arbitration panel member with the United States Olympic Committee. Chief Judge Davis graduated from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1975 and the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., in 1978. He practiced as an appellate attorney for 5 years with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, D.C. Chief Judge Davis subsequently spent 4 years with the United States Department of Education, Washington, D.C., in the business and administrative law division. Chief Judge Davis also briefly served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia as part of a Federal agency exchange program.
(05/19)
