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Teaching

• Legal Environment of Business (BLAW 200 and MBA 623)
• Contracts and Professional Responsibility (BLAW 450)
• Employment Law (BLAW 452)
• Environmental Law (BLAW 474)
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (BLAW 477 and MBA 663)
• International Law and Politics: European Study Tour (BLAW 492)

Professional Excellence

• Juris Doctorate, University of Iowa
• Master’s of Arts, Arizona State University
• Bachelor’s of Arts, California State University Sacramento
• Licensed Attorney in Minnesota’s State and Federal Courts, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Representative Research

• W. Davis, “That’s What She Said:” Using “The Office” to Teach Sexual Harassment Law, 34 SOUTHERN LAW JOURNAL (Fall 2024).
• W. Davis & T. Lindquist, Corporate Raiding, Secrets, and the Domination of the Chip Industry: Analysis of Apple Inc. v. Rives Inc. et al, 55 BUSINESS LAW REVIEW (Spring 2024).
• W. Davis & J. Post, Practical Strategies to Protect Corporate Trade Secrets and Avoid Misappropriation Claims, 32 SOUTHERN LAW JOURNAL (Fall 2022).
• W. Davis, Damages in Business Tort Actions, in MINNESOTA BUSINESS DISPUTES: CLAIMS AND REMEDIES (Minnesota CLE, 3d ed. 2021, 2023 Rev. and Supp.).
• J. Magaldi, J. Sales & W. Davis, All’s Fair in Love and War but Nothing’s Fair Use on YouTube: How YouTube Policies Favor Copyright Owners and Hinder Legal Fair Use, 27 JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & ETHICS (Winter 2021).

Commitment to Student Success

• Minnesota Supreme Court Field Trip
• Advise Research Projects for Undergraduate Research Symposium

Service and Outreach

• Conciliation Court Referee for Blue Earth County Court
• University Honors Council
• Minnesota State Bar Examiners – Alternative to Pathways to Bar Admission Committee

Awards and Honors

• Visiting Scholar, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
• Named a “Minnesota Attorney of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyer