The United States Attorney
for the
Western District of Michigan
Contact:
Kaye Hooker
Public Information Officer
(616) 456-2404
Grand Rapids, Michigan - October 26, 2008 - Donald A. Davis, 60, a long-time veteran of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, has been selected by Chief U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan. Mr. Davis will replace U.S. Attorney Charles R. Gross, who has accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
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Mr. Donald A. Davis
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Mr. Davis is a graduate of Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan Law School. Raised in Allen Park, Michigan, Mr. Davis has spent his entire legal career in Grand Rapids, first as a law clerk for then Chief U.S. District Judge Noel Fox and, for the last 33 years, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. His positions in the U.S. Attorney’s Office have included serving as the Chief of the Criminal Division and as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney. Mr. Davis is a former president of the West Michigan chapter of the Federal Bar Association and former chair of the Hillman Trial Advocacy Program. Mr. Davis and his wife Linda are long-time residents of Cascade. They have two married children, Erin (Scott Warner) of Chicago, and Trevor (Claudia) currently living in Germany, and one granddaughter, Kaija.
In a statement, U.S. Attorney Gross praised Mr. Davis as “a talented and dedicated attorney with a long history of faithful service to the Western District of Michigan. Don has served this office with distinction, and I take great comfort in knowing that federal law enforcement in the district will be entrusted to his capable hands.”
Mr. Davis will assume his new responsibilities on October 26, 2008, and will serve until a new U.S. Attorney is appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.