Katherine Unger Davis

Practice Areas

Kate Unger Davis concentrates her practice on product liability and mass tort matters with particular experience in appellate litigation. She has represented Fortune 500 companies in several multi-jurisdictional mass tort actions involving claims of personal injury, consumer fraud, and public nuisance, and in other commercial disputes.

Ms. Unger Davis manages all stages of a dispute from discovery to appeal. She has defended expert and company witnesses at deposition and prepared them for trial. She participated on several trial teams that secured victories for a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Ms. Unger Davis maintains an active pro bono practice. She has represented several indigent clients in appeals before the Third Circuit related to their unconstitutional convictions. She has advised the City of Philadelphia in connection with litigation and legislation concerning “sanctuary cities.” Ms. Unger Davis also represented a class of indigent defendants arguing that the county public defender system was so underfunded and overworked that they were being denied their constitutionally protected right to adequate representation.