Biography
Biography
Anne Davis has more than a decade of experience litigating complex matters in both federal and state courts, including the courts of California, Delaware, and Kansas. She focuses her practice on complex investigations and litigation of antitrust, consumer, and securities matters.
Anne was a key member of the team litigating In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, which resulted in the largest privacy class action settlement in history at $725 million. Anne is currently a key member of the team litigating In re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation; and is also litigating In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation, In re Domestic Airlines Travel Antitrust Litigation, and In Re: ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Products Liability Litigation. She serves on the Executive Committee of the California Lawyer’s Association’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, and is an active member of and contributor to WG11 (Data Security and Privacy Liability) for the Sedona Conference, and serves on the drafting team for the Sedona Conference Data Privacy Primer, Second Edition.
Prior to joining BFA, Anne served as a Principal Counsel for Sales Practice Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where she, as appropriate, brought charges and negotiated resolutions or litigated formal actions pertaining to violations of FINRA, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rules, and the federal securities laws by registered individuals and FINRA member firms.
Before FINRA, she was a senior associate at a global law firm, where she specialized in securities litigation and enforcement, complex civil litigation, and internal investigations.
Anne was a key member of the team litigating In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, which resulted in the largest privacy class action settlement in history at $725 million. Anne is currently a key member of the team litigating In re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation; and is also litigating In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation, In re Domestic Airlines Travel Antitrust Litigation, and In Re: ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Products Liability Litigation. She serves on the Executive Committee of the California Lawyer’s Association’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, and is an active member of and contributor to WG11 (Data Security and Privacy Liability) for the Sedona Conference, and serves on the drafting team for the Sedona Conference Data Privacy Primer, Second Edition.
Prior to joining BFA, Anne served as a Principal Counsel for Sales Practice Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where she, as appropriate, brought charges and negotiated resolutions or litigated formal actions pertaining to violations of FINRA, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rules, and the federal securities laws by registered individuals and FINRA member firms.
Before FINRA, she was a senior associate at a global law firm, where she specialized in securities litigation and enforcement, complex civil litigation, and internal investigations.
PRACTICES & SERVICES
RECOGNITION
- Selected to The National Trial Lawyers list of the Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Law School
J.D. (2008)
University of Michigan
M.A. (2006)
DePaul University
B.A. (2002)
J.D. (2008)
University of Michigan
M.A. (2006)
DePaul University
B.A. (2002)
ADMISSIONS
California (2009)
U.S. Courts of Appeals:
U.S. District Courts:
U.S. Courts of Appeals:
- Ninth Circuit (2023)
U.S. District Courts:
- C.D. Cal. (2011)
- E.D. Cal. (2014)
- N.D. Cal. (2010)
- E.D. MI (2019)