One of Michigan’s most respected attorneys, Jack C. Davis is a leader in both the business world and the community.  As head of the firm's Business Transactions, Real Estate, Business Entities and Tax Law Departments, Mr. Davis manages a large client base, providing expert legal counsel to corporate clients.  He has served on several international delegations to advise government leaders on trade and international tax matters for the development of a free market economy.

Mr. Davis devotes considerable time to making mid-Michigan a stronger region, through service to education, economic development and the arts.  He chaired the Regional Blue Ribbon Panel on Retention of General Motors and is a long-time member of the Lansing School District Board of Trustees and a former Chair of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce.

He earned a law degree at Harvard University and is listed in the 2010 Edition of Best Lawyers in America, as well as the 2009 Editions of “Super Lawyers” and “Preeminent Lawyers.”  Mr. Davis also recently received the Lexis/Nexis Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability Award. Prior to joining the Loomis Law Firm in 1966, he was associated with Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.

Practice Areas

• Business & Corporate Law
• ERISA & Employee Benefits
• Estate Planning
• Health Care Law
• Litigation
• Probate
• Real Estate Law
• Retirement Plans
• Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, Professional Corporations, and General Corporate Practice
• Taxation Real Estate
• Sports & Entertainment Law

Professional Memberships

• Member of the State Bar of Michigan and the American Bar Association
• Member of the Bar Association Sections on Taxation and Real Estate
• Member of the Ingham County Bar Association
• Member of the Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation

Recognition And Public Service

• 2010 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
• 2009 Super Lawyers & Preeminent Lawyers
• LEAP Executive Committee
• Dorothy Beardmore Service to Education Award (2004)
• Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Award (2003)
• Distinguished Citizen Award by the Chief Okemos Council of the Boy Scouts of America (2001)
• Lansing Education Foundation’s Outstanding Alumni Award (1991)
• Distinguished Volunteer Attorney Award by the Ingham County Bar Association (1991)
• Boys and Girls Club “Man and Boy Award” (1989)
• Founder and former trustee of the Lansing Community College Foundation, the Okemos Education Foundation, the Opera Company of Mid-Michigan, and Legal Aid of Central Michigan.
• Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing and the Boarshead Theater
• Past Chairman and general counsel of the Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce
• Chairman of the Regional Blue Ribbon Panel on Retention of General Motors
• Member (Past President) of the Board of Education of Lansing Public Schools
• Member of the Lansing Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Lansing Public Schools and the “Ready to Succeed” initiative
• Past Chairman of the Impression Five Museum Board of Directors
• Member of a delegation sent to China (1987), the former USSR (1989), and other former Eastern Bloc countries (1990), to advise government leaders on trade and international tax matters for the development of a free market economy
• Authored the article “The Purposive Approach to Interpretation of Sales Tax Statutes,” published in the Ohio State Law Journal in 1966
• Presented programs before the Ingham County Bar Association, the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and various business and professional groups on income tax matters

Education

• Law School: Harvard University, L.L.B., 1964
• Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin, B.S., 1960