Alison N. Davis
Recognized since 2008
Washington, District of Columbia
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment

Alison N. Davis represents management in employment and labor law. She has extensive litigation experience in the employment arena, including:
- Sexual harassment
- Race, national origin, age, gender and disability discrimination
- Overtime
- Wrongful termination claims
- Pay discrimination issues
- Wage and hour matters
- Title VII
- The Americans with Disabilities Act
- The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- The Older Worker Benefit Protection Act
- The Service Contract Act
- The Fair Labor Standards Act
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act
- The Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
- The False Claims Act
- The Family and Medical Leave Act
- The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
- The Railway Labor Act
- The D.C. Family and Medical Leave Act
- The D.C. Human Rights Act
- The D.C. Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act
- Government contractors
- Public charter schools
- Airlines
- Hotels
- Home healthcare agencies
- Not-for-profits
- Medical practices
- Congressionally created private corporations
- Private security guard companies
- Retailers
She regularly appears in state and federal courts and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Maryland Commission on Human Relations, the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, and the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.
Alison also handles prevailing wage and health and welfare benefit issues, conducts discrimination and harassment investigations, and assists clients with debarments, ethics issues, and performance management. She has specific knowledge of:
Alison also counsels employers on employment laws, compliance, policies and procedures, disciplinary actions, diversity and wage and hour issues.
Alison frequently works with the following types of clients:
Additionally, Alison works as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching workplace ethics and global labor and employment law for the School of Continuing Studies, Human Resources Management program.
Earlier in her career, Alison served as associate general counsel for labor and employment at a national railroad, as vice-president and assistant general counsel with an insurance company, and later, as a partner at a Washington, D.C., law firm.
Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: https://www.littler.com/people/alison-n-davis
Location
- 815 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
- Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
- New York, New York State Bar Association
Affiliations
- National Bar Association - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Friends of Choice in Urban Schools - Georgetown University - Partner
- National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, D.C. Chapter - Founding Member
- Second Annual Diversity Summit, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, D.C. Chapter, November 30, 2010 - Co-Chair
234 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
155 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards


Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Labor Law - Management, Washington, DC (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America 2023 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Defense
- Discrimination
- Education
- Harassment
- Litigation
- Management
- State and Federal
- Transportation
- Wage-Hour Law
- Whistleblowers
Awards:
- Named, Super Lawyer - Washington, DC, Super Lawyers, 2013
Other Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
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