Brad C. Davis

Brad C. Davis is an attorney with Watkins & Eager who advises state and local governments, financial institutions, and nonprofit organizations on public finance. His work includes bonds and other financing arrangements supporting public facilities, infrastructure, and economic development. He represents municipalities, counties, school districts, universities, utility districts, and other government entities on transactions and related legal requirements. Public finance is his expressly listed practice area.

Davis earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration and a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law. As an undergraduate, he served as president of the Associated Student Body and was named to its Student Hall of Fame. His background in business and law supports his work involving municipal financing documents, public obligations, and statutory requirements.

Davis has worked on general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, tax increment financing, and lease-purchase arrangements. His official biography reports participation in more than 150 completed public finance transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $1 billion over the period described by the firm. He previously served as legislative assistant and counsel to US Senator Thad Cochran and later as the senator’s Mississippi state office director and general counsel.

Brad C. Davis has been recognized in Best Lawyers for public finance and in Chambers USA for public finance work. He has served as chair of the Mississippi Bar Government Law Section and is a speaker on municipal finance and economic development subjects. His professional activities include county and municipal attorney associations. His career combines experience in government policy, constituent issues, public financing, and legal compliance.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Watkins & Eager
• Member, Arkansas Bar Association
• Past Chairman of Government Law Section, The Mississippi Bar
• Past Chairman, Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
• Member, Mississippi County Board Attorneys Association
• Member, Mississippi Municipal Attorneys Association
• Past Chairman, Mississippi Council on Economic Education
• Board Member, Downtown Jackson Partners
• Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 29

Licensed State

• Arkansas

Education

• The University of Mississippi School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration
  Bachelor’s Degree

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