Associate attorney Summer Davidson was honored today in the civil litigation category for the Women’s Justice Awards program, hosted annually by Missouri Lawyers Media. The Women’s Justice Awards recognize women across Missouri who have demonstrated leadership, integrity, service, sacrifice, and accomplishment in improving the quality of justice and exemplifying the highest ideals of the legal profession.
Summer practices in the firm’s Independence, Mo., office, where she represents clients who have been harmed by dangerous consumer products, workplace equipment, and more. The awards series from Missouri Lawyers Media seeks to recognize women across the entire legal community, including the bench, public service, business, and academia.
Before joining the firm, Summer was a member of the City Attorney’s office in Kansas City, Mo., where she represented the City in a variety of cases. These included tort litigation, workers’ compensation, contract disputes, assault and battery, and tax. She focused her early career in family law, representing clients in dissolutions, modifications, child custody, and ex-parte actions.
While at law school at the University of Alabama, Summer worked with the Capital Litigation Clinic, contributing pro bono work to a wide range of matters for clients including those imprisoned in Alabama penitentiaries. As a young attorney she has furthered her education by completing the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s Bar Leadership Academy and Ross T. Roberts Trial Academy. She is also involved with Southern Methodist University and its alumni association.