Formerly an assistant United States Attorney, Kenya Davis has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in high-stakes trials, investigations, and complex commercial litigation. She has advised corporations, investors, and individuals across industries, and she helps clients juggle the various issues that arise in high profile disputes, including inevitable media scrutiny, while maintaining a focus on their overall goals.
Since joining Boies Schiller Flexner, Davis has handled several trials on topics ranging investor-related class action litigation against the Federal Housing Finance Agency to labor trafficking claims for five immigrant workers. In addition to investigations and commercial litigation work, Davis advises companies on ESG-related issues, such as ensuring the integrity of supply chains and labor practices. She also co-leads the firm’s sexual misconduct litigation and investigations practice and has represented numerous clients in litigation filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act and other similar legislation.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | White Collar, Investigations |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2025 | Investigations, Government Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers | 2025 | Global Investigations, Sex Trafficking |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | White Collar, Investigations |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2024 | Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | White Collar, Investigations |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2023 | Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2022 | White Collar, Investigations |
Davis spent over a decade as a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, representing the United States as lead counsel in 35 jury trials, 15 bench trials, and evidentiary hearings involving complicated issues of first impression. In one of the first federal trials of its kind in D.C., she prevailed in convicting a trafficker of adult sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. She also handled more than 100 grand jury investigations and defended 13 verdicts before the D.C. Court of Appeals.
While working in government, Davis also served as co-chair of the D.C. Human Trafficking Task Force, a group of nearly 75 senior federal and local law enforcement officials, government agency leaders, and NGO executives, working to increase the prosecution of traffickers, provide comprehensive services to victims, and coordinate anti-trafficking efforts in the D.C. area.
Davis has served as an adjunct professor at American University where she teaches a course on the laws and policies surrounding domestic violence. She is currently the Chair of the Litigation Committee for the McDowell Social Justice Center.
