When Experience Matters ®
Areas of Practice
Education
  • The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2006, Judge Ernest Karam Award for Legal Writing; Managing Editor, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution; Co-Editor, Mayhew-Hite Report on Dispute Resolution and the Courts
  • Sullivan University, Graduate School of Business, M.B.A, 2004, President's Cup Award
  • University of Kentucky, B.A., with Honors, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2003, Vandenbosch Award in Political Science
Judicial Clerkships
  • Hon. David L. Bunning, US District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2006-2007
Bar & Court Admissions
  • Illinois
  • (Practicing under the direct supervision of an active member of the District of Columbia Bar.)

Shawn P. Davisson

Associate

1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20036
TEL: 202.429.6474
FAX: 202.429.3902

Shawn P. Davisson is an associate in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Litigation Department. 

Publications

  • Balancing the Scales of “Confidential” Justice: Civil Mediation Privileges in the Criminal Arena — Indispensable, Impracticable, or Merely Unconstitutional?, 38 McGeorge L. Rev. 679 (2007).
  • Privatization and Self-Determination in the Circuits: Utilizing the Private Sector Within the Evolving Framework of Federal Appellate Mediation, 21 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 953 (2006).

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
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