Jeffrey M. Davidson

A co-chair of Covington’s commercial litigation practice, Jeff Davidson represents the world’s leading companies in commercial, antitrust, and insurance coverage disputes. Clients have entrusted Jeff with some of their most important matters, calling on his strategic judgment, fierce work ethic, and creative problem-solving. He has prevailed in multiple billion-dollar cases on motions and after trial. The American Lawyer has recognized Jeff as “Litigator of the Week” for his wins in major cases.

In a recent trade secret arbitration with $1.8 billion at stake, he obtained a complete defense win on behalf of a major pharmaceutical company. In a recent antitrust matter, he led the defense against multi-billion dollar claims asserted by a government enforcer to a successful confidential settlement. In a third recent matter, he obtained summary adjudication against four insurance companies in a $100-million coverage dispute. Jeff also litigated one of the foundational cases on the foreign application of U.S. antitrust law, obtaining a ruling eliminating a $3.5 billion claim shortly before trial.

Jeff also led a cross-office Covington team representing the University of California in its landmark challenge to the government’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, obtained a nationwide injunction reinstating DACA, and successfully defended the injunction on appeal. In Regents of the University of California v. Department of Homeland Security, the Supreme Court agreed that the rescission was improper and set it aside.