Jason R. Davis
President & Chief Executive Officer • Member • Executive Committee Member • Co-Chair of Health Care
Admissions: North Carolina, Virginia
Biography
Jason is President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaufman & Canoles, as well as Co-Chair of the Health Care Practice Group. His healthcare litigation and counseling practice includes representing and advising hospitals, physicians, long-term care facilities and other healthcare providers. He also handles trust and estate litigation matters as part of the Estate, Trust & Wealth Transfer Practice Group. Jason serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.
Representative Matters
- Handled investigations, risk assessments and reporting obligations for potential HIPAA breaches involving several to several thousand patients on behalf of physician practice groups large and small, hospitals and teaching institutions
- Handled government investigations of alleged HIPAA Breaches and violations on behalf of healthcare providers of various types
- Defended breach of health information lawsuits against healthcare providers
- Advised healthcare providers of all types on HIPAA breach prevention and compliance
- Represented an emergency room physician in a wrongful death medical malpractice trial in North Carolina federal court
- Represented an orthopedic surgeon and two general surgeons in medical malpractice trials in Virginia state court
- Defended a hospital in an EMTALA trial in Virginia federal court
- Defended a labor and delivery nurse in a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court
- Defended nursing homes in medical malpractice trials in Virginia state court and in arbitration proceedings
- Defended a critical care specialist in proceedings before the Virginia Board of Medicine in a case involving a patient death
- Represented a hospital in an arbitration of a medical malpractice claim
- Counseled hospital systems through re-drafting of consent forms for regulatory compliance and other legal concerns
- Prepared numerous hospitals for disclosures of unexpected events to patients and families
- Developed peer review and quality assurance programs for physician practices and hospitals and argued for privilege of peer review, quality, and patient safety materials
- Counseled numerous hospitals on JCAHO compliance, medical staff matters, quality assurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, Medicare CoPs, healthcare decisions and other regulatory and risk management issues
- Counseled numerous physicians and practice groups on issues of risk management and regulatory compliance
- Served as counsel for healthcare providers in various types of commercial litigation
Recognition & Honors
- Virginia 500 – The Power List: Law, Virginia Business Magazine, 2024-25
- Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2025
- The Power List; Inside Business, 2024
- Go To Lawyer – Medical Malpractice Law; Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2022
- Norfolk Litigation – Insurance “Lawyer of the Year”; Best Lawyers in America, 2024
- Norfolk Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year”; Best Lawyers in America, 2021
- AV® Preeminent Rated; Martindale-Hubbell
- Virginia’s Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2007–2023
- Virginia Super Lawyers; Law & Politics, 2009-2018, 2021, 2023-2024
- Top Lawyers; CoVaBIZ, 2017-2024
- Virginia Rising Stars; Law & Politics, 2007-2008
- Future Star; Benchmark Litigation, 2008-2009, 2013-2014
- CIVIC Leadership Institute Class of 2015; Nominating Committee 2019
- Top Forty Under Forty; Inside Business, 2007
- Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable William T. Prince, United States Magistrate
- Judge; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- William & Mary Law Review
Associations
- Virginia Bar Association; Healthcare and Litigation Sections
- North Carolina Bar Association; Healthcare and Litigation Sections
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association; Bench-Bar Relations Committee
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Former Chair, Medical Malpractice Section
- Defense Research Institute
- Virginia Chapter of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
- The Greenwood School; Board of Directors
- The Williams School; President, 2013-present; Board of Trustees, 2012-present; Head of School Search Committee, 2011
- The Norfolk Forum; Board of Directors, 2014-present; Second Vice President, 2019-2021; First Vice President; 2021-2022; President, 2022-present
- Norfolk SPCA; Immediate Past President, President, Board of Directors
Education
- University of Virginia; B.S. with distinction, 1991
- William & Mary Law School; J.D., 1994
Press & Publications
- Jason R. Davis Included in the Virginia 500 – The 2024-25 Power List
- 55 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2025, 7 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 13 Named “Ones to Watch”
- Jason R. Davis Selected to the 2024 Inside Business Power List and Ann K. Crenshaw, Vincent J. Mastracco Jr., and William R. Van Buren III Named to the Emeritus List
- 15 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers & 5 Named as Rising Stars 2024
- Kaufman & Canoles Ushers in New Era with Leadership Transition
- 36 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2024 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2023
- 54 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America© 2024, 6 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 10 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 16 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers and 4 Named as Virginia Rising Stars 2023
- 44 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2023 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2022
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers In America© 2023, 5 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 8 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 17 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers & 3 Named as Rising Stars in Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars 2022
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2022 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 52 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2021
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America© 2022, 4 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 8 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 19 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers & 3 Named as Rising Stars in Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars 2021
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2021 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2020
- 46 Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers in America 2021”, 5 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 7 Named “Ones to Watch”
- William R. Van Buren, III, and Jason R. Davis Re-Elected to Kaufman & Canoles Executive Committee
- 45 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named CoVaBIZ Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” 2020
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2019
- 45 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2020 and 3 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2018
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2019 in CoVaBiz Magazine
- 43 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers in America 2019” and 8 Named “Lawyers of the Year”
- 31 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers and 5 Named As Rising Stars 2018
- 31 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2017/18 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 46 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2018
- 29 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2017 and 5 Named as Rising Stars 2017
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2017
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2016
- 32 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2016 and 4 Named as Rising Stars 2016
- Cybersecurity Client Alert – HHS Releases HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool
- Jason R. Davis Elected to Kaufman & Canoles Executive Committee
- 44 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2015
- Healthcare Client Alert – August 2015
- 32 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2015 and 7 Named as Rising Stars 2015
- 45 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2014
- 29 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2014 and 8 Named as Rising Stars 2014
- 54 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2013
- 29 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2013 and 14 Named as Rising Stars 2013
- 55 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2012
- Private Client Services Update – Interference with Inheritance: A Novel Legal Theory
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2012 and 14 Named as Rising Stars 2012
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2011
- 36 K&C Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2011 and 14 Named as Rising Stars 2011
- 39 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2010
- 31 K&C Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers & 11 Named as Rising Stars 2010