Allison S. Davis

{{short description|American lawyer}}

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Allison S. Davis is a Chicago lawyer and real estate developer.

Davis was the senior partner of Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland,now Miner, Barnhill & Galland. {{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obamalegal6apr06,0,26672.story |title=Obama's lawyer days: brief and not all civil rights |work=Los Angeles Times |author=Morain, Dan |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2008-05-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410052901/http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obamalegal6apr06%2C0%2C26672.story |archivedate=2008-04-10 |url-status=live }} a law firm founded in 1971 that was involved in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development work but provided legal services to individual and corporate clients also.

In 2003, Davis was appointed to the Illinois State Board of Investment by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.{{cite news | url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/644511,CST-NWS-davis11.article | title=How reform-minded City Hall critic became a cozy insider | work=Chicago Sun-Times | author=Novak, Tim | date=2007-11-11 | accessdate=2008-05-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008031437/http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/644511,CST-NWS-davis11.article | archive-date=2008-10-08 | url-status=dead }}

Davis is the son of Allison Davis Sr., the late University of Chicago professor of social anthropology.{{cite news |url=http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/05/050915.davis.shtml |title=Garden honoring memory of Dr. Allison Davis, University of Chicago social anthropologist | work=Chicago Sun-Times | author=Harms, William| date=2005-09-05 | accessdate=2010-06-03}}