TEACHING
- Legal Environment of Business (BLAW 200)
- Contracts, Sales and Professional Responsibility (BLAW 450)
- Employment and Labor Law (BLAW 452)
- Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (BLAW 477)
- International Law and Politics: European Study Tour (BLAW 492)
- Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (MBA 623)
- Negotiation (MBA 663)
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
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Juris Doctorate, University of Iowa
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Master’s of Arts, Arizona State University
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Bachelor’s of Arts, California State University Sacramento
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Licensed Attorney in the State Courts of Minnesota and Iowa, the United States District Court for Minnesota and Northern Iowa, 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, S. Hewitt, & D. Peterson, Damages in Business Tort Actions, in MINNESOTA BUSINESS DISPUTES: CLAIMS AND REMEDIES (Minnesota CLE, 3d ed. 2021).
- 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).
- W. Davis, Employee Raiding: A Teaching Case Study on Claims and Remedies, 7 ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW JOURNAL (Fall 2018).
COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS
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National Diversity Case Competition, Faculty Advisor
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
- Fulbright Specialist Roster, U.S. Department of State and Cultural Affairs
- Named a “Minnesota Attorney of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyer
