Anna Louise Davis

Anna L. Davis, J.D, MPH, joined Gordon, Wolf & Carney, CHTD as “Of Counsel” in 2020 to lead the firm’s SSDI & SSI practice. She has over 30 years of experience in disability rights, public health law and family law.

In addition to her work at the firm, Ms. Davis holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where her research focuses on the ways in which law and policy can reduce health disparities and improve public health outcomes. She was the co-founder of the Clinic for Public Health Law and Policy at JHBSPH, which gave students real-world opportunities to apply law and policy to solve current and compelling public health problems. She also taught a family health course that examined the likely impact of policies, laws, and regulations on family health across the life course. She was a guest editor of a Special Supplement to the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45:4, Winter 2017 and has co-authored a number of articles in the peer-reviewed literature. Ms. Davis was appointed in 2017 by Governor Hogan to serve as a Commissioner on the Maryland Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission. She also has served on numerous not-for-profit Boards of Directors over the years including the Boards of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, Inc., Advocates for Children and Youth and the Jewish Women’s Giving Foundation of the Associated Jewish Charities.

Ms. Davis is a life-long Maryland resident. She received her B.A. from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1985 and J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis Carey School of Law in 1990. In addition, in 2007, Ms. Davis was awarded a Masters in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is rated AV Preeminent® by the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ system, the highest possible rating and is a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and the Maryland Court of Appeals.