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Michael Leard, a Nutter associate, recently interviewed Judge Brian A. Davis for a feature in the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Complex Commercial Litigation (ComCom) Quarterly. The article, Judge Brian A. Davis Discusses Business Litigation, highlights Judge Davis’s preferences and practices at various stages of litigation, including:
- circumstances where he may encourage the submission of courtesy copies;
- ways he may facilitate an expeditious and cost-effective discovery process;
- topics he may address at the final trial conference; and
- his voir dire process.
Judge Davis presides in BLS1 for the July – December rotation period. (Judge Kaplan presides in BLS1 for the January – June rotation period.)
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