Colleen O. Davis
Associate
cdavis@gsblegal.com
502-618-5721
Colleen is an experienced trial attorney whose practice is primarily devoted to professional liability defense and employment law.
Licensed in Kentucky and Indiana, Colleen represents defendants through all phases of discovery, mediation, trial, and appeal, in both state and federal cases. She works with healthcare clients on sentinel event investigation and peer review, and she regularly consults with hospitals and physicians in drafting of policies and procedures not only to comply with changing statutory and regulatory law but also to comport with advances in medicine.
Colleen grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and then lived in St. Louis and Chicago before settling down in Louisville upon graduating from law school. She earned both her undergraduate degree and her law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where she served on its Law Review and clerked for a federal judge.
Colleen is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, and the Kentucky Defense Counsel. Her pro bono work currently focuses on eviction defense, and she has published several articles relating to healthcare and employment law. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading, traveling, and sports (UK, Louisville City Football Club, and Tottenham).
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky State Bar
- Indiana State Bar
Education
- Washington University, St. Louis, Degree Obtained: B.A. Magna Cum Laude – English, Anthropology, Graduation Year: 2010
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Degree Obtained: J.D., Graduation Year: 2014
Primary Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Appellate Practice
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Civil Litigation Defense
- Premises Liability Defense
- Health Law
- Professional Licensure Defense
Publications
- Colleen O. Davis and Tricia LeMeur, SB 150: Actual Immunity or an Additional Defense for Health Care Providers, 20 LOUISVILLE BAR BRIEFS 14 (Nov. 2020)
- Colleen O. Davis, Tips for Employers Pending an Employment Discrimination Charge, COMMON DEF. 14-19 (Spring/Summer 2019)
- Colleen O. Davis, Red Tape Tightrope: Financial Conflicts of Interest in FDA Advisory Committees, 91 WASH. U. L. REV. 1591 (2014)
- Robert D. Litz & Colleen O. Davis, Effectively Resolving Home Foreclosures Through Mediation, 60 ST. LOUIS B. J. 30 (2014)
Volunteer Work/Community Service
- Legal Aid Society
- Domestic violence pro bono work (2016-2019)
- Eviction defense pro bono work (2022)
- Coalition for the Homeless Associate Board (2017-2022)
