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TEACHING

• Legal Environment of Business (BLAW 200 and MBA 623)
• Contracts, Sales and Professional Responsibility (BLAW 450)
• Employment and Labor 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 & 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).
• W. Davis & J. Magaldi, “Into the Bowels of Hell”: Examining Social Media Defamation Law Through the Twitter Account of James Woods, 29 SOUTHERN LAW JOURNAL (Fall 2019).

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 Global Education Advisory Council
• University Honors Council

AWARDS AND HONORS

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