Jack C. Davis
Jack Davis
Lansing
Michigan (MI)
Real Estate
Business/Corporate
Estate Planning & Probate
Profile
Jack Davis is a graduate of Harvard Law School. He has been recognized for expert legal skills in the field of real estate transactions. He has been practicing with the Firm of Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C. for over 40 years and has handled hundreds of major real estate negotiations and transactions for a variety of clients throughout the State of Michigan as well as clients all over the United States. He has been published in the Ohio State Law Journal and has lectured in programs regarding transaction issues before the Bar Association of Michigan, the Institute of Continuing Legal Education as well as numerous business and professional groups. He has been selected as a member of delegations of lawyers sent to China (1987), the former USSR (1989) and other former Eastern Bloc countries (1990), to advise government leaders and attorneys in those countries on how to formulate laws on real estate matters for the development of a free market economy. He has been recognized by the Ingham County Bar Association in Michigan as a recipient of the Distinguished Attorney Award. He has been listed in LexisNexis, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review and rated AV for over 25 years at the highest possible rating for both legal and ethical standards. He has been selected by the Best Lawyer in America publication for several years including 2012. He has been a member of the Representative Assembly of the State Bar of Michigan and has served on the Board of Directors of the Bar Association. He is a Member of the Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation and American Bar Association. Mr. Davis is a member of the Taxation, Real Estate and Probate Sections of the Michigan State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Selected To
Michigan Super Lawyers 2006
About Jack Davis
Admitted: 1966, Michigan
Honors and Awards:
- Dorothy Beardmore Service to Education Award (2005). Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Award (2003). Boys and Girls Club “Man and Boy Award” (1989). Lansing Education Foundation’s Outstanding Alumni Award (1991). Distinguished Volunteer Attorney Award by the Ingham County Bar Association (1991). Distinguished Citizen Award by the Chief Okemos Council of the Boy Scouts of America (2001).
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Jack Davis has been a member of the Representative Assembly of the State Bar of Michigan and has served on the Board of Directors of the local Bar Association. He is a Member of the Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation and the American Bar Association. He serves on the Taxation, Real Estate and Probation Committees of the Michigan and American Bar Associations.
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Founder and former Trustee of the Lansing Community College Foundation, The Opera Company of Mid-Michigan, and Legal Aid of Central Michigan. Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing and the Boarshead Theater. Past President and Member of the Capitol Area Youth Alliance (CAYA). Past Chairman and General Counsel of the Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce. Chairman of the Regional Blue Ribbon Panel on Retention of General Motors. Member (former President) of the Board of Education of Lansing Public Schools. Member of the Lansing Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Lansing Public Schools and the “Ready to Succeed” Initiative. Past Chairman of the Impression Five Museum Board of Directors.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Authored the article “The Purposive Approach to Interpretation of Sales Tax Statutes”, published in the Ohio State Law Journal. Presented programs before the Ingham County Bar Association, the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and various business and professional groups on real estate and business taxation matters.
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Member of a delegation of lawyers sent to China (1987), the former USSR (1989), and other former Eastern Bloc countries (1990), to advise government leaders on trade and international tax matters for the development of a free market economy.
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