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Bio:

Steven C. Davidson, Esq., is a solo criminal defense attorney based in White Plains, New York, where he was admitted upon his graduation from New York Law School. He is also admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals and the Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, along with a variety of federal courts. Before opening his own firm, Mr. Davidson was primarily a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer. He has selected dozens of juries and taken many verdicts in his nearly 15-year career. Mr. Davidson has had several articles published on constitutional and criminal law issues, and has also served as a judge for a sponsored student competition held at Pace University Law School last January. He also took a week-long CLE course at Harvard Law School in June 2002.

Education
* J.D., New York Law School, 1990
* B.A., State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 1987

Admissions
* New York, 1990
* U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1998
* U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1998
* Massachusetts, 2003
* U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
* District of Columbia

Memberships
* Westchester County Bar Association (Member, Grievance Committee)
* New York State Bar Association
* Massachusetts Bar Association
* American Bar Association
* Bar Association of the District of Columbia
* National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
* New York State Defenders Association
* Massachusetts Criminal Defense Association

Professional Activities and Distinctions
* Published Continuing Legal Education of Note: Georgetown University Law Center, 2008; Bar Ilan University Law School/Whittier Law School, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 2005; New York University Law School, 2003; Harvard Law School, June 2002
* Honored by Super Lawyers Magazine, Metro New York Edition, Top 5 percent of Area Lawyers, 2007

Publications and Lectures
* Interviewed on television by the Regional News Network (RNN), 2 July 2008, about fugitive hedge-fund founder
* Moderator and Speaker, Legal Ethics in New York State, September, 2007.
* Featured on the Sky Radio Network "America's Premiere Lawyer's" discussing the role of the criminal defense attorney in the American criminal justice system, 2006
* Ethical and successful use of legislative history in litigation, a national telelecture, delivered in October, 2006
* Trial preparation, January, 2006, Latham, New York
* Criminal Trial practice, March, 2005, Albany, New York
* Ethics in Criminal Cases, February 2005, New York, New York
* "Local Criminal Court Practice," printed in the Westchester County Bar Association Journal in 2004 and a revised version in the New York State Criminal law newsletter in 2005
* "Robert, Martin & John," printed in the Westchester County Bar Association Journal, Fall, 2004