C. Simon Davidson Counsel

• Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Political Law

• Connecticut
• Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

• Speaker, "Confidentiality: Part V, Clients' Past and Ongoing Misconduct," Statewide Conference, Virginia Office of the Attorney General, Division of Child Support Enforcement, March 20, 2019
• Panelist, "Employment Law Ethics: Staying on the Right Side," Virginia CLE, October 18, 2018
• Speaker, "The Ethics of Email and Social Media," 27th Annual Employment Law Update Seminar, Virginia CLE, May 9, 2018
• Speaker, "The Ethics of Email and Social Media," 27th Annual Employment Law Update Seminar, Virginia CLE, May 3, 2018
• Speaker, "The Ethics of Email and Social Media," Virginia CLE, 34th Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar, April 19, 2018
• Speaker, "The Ethics of Email and Social Media," Annual Bench Bar Conference for the Chesterfield JDR Court, September 20, 2017
• Speaker, "Ethics in Settlement Negotiations," Conference of Government Mining Attorneys, September 12, 2017
• Speaker, "Ethics Issues Regarding Social Media and Technology," Virginia Worker’s Compensation American Inn of Court, May 25, 2017
• Speaker, "Confidentiality: Part III, Non-Clients' Misunderstanding and Mistakes," Statewide Conference, Virginia Office of the Attorney General, Division of Child Support Enforcement, March 23, 2017
• Panelist, "Ethics in Settlement Negotiations," Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section Fall CLE, October 21, 2016
• Speaker, "The Ethics of Email and Social Media," American Bar Association Petroleum Marketing Attorney’s Meeting, April 15, 2016
• Speaker, "Ethical Issues in Civil Rights and Diversity," Election Law CLE, National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the Bipartisan Policy Center, February 13, 2016
• Panelist, Political Law 2013: Compliance for Businesses and Staffers, McGuireWoods Seminar with DOJ Officials and Chief Counsels to the Congressional Ethics Committees, June 5, 2013
• Speaker, "Pay-to-Play Pitfalls When Contracting with State and Local Governments," 2013 East Coast Regional Compliance and Ethics Conference, SCCE, April 12, 2013
• Speaker, "Government Ethics Rules: How Organizations Can Comply," Compliance & Ethics Institute, October 14-17, 2012
• Panelist and Host, Political Law 2012: Compliance for Businesses and Congressional Staffers, McGuireWoods Seminar with Chief Counsels to the Congressional Ethics Committees, May 2012
• Speaker and Host, "Political Law 2011 - Compliance for Businesses and Staffers," McGuireWoods Seminar with Chief Counsels to the Congressional Ethics Committees, June 2011
• Speaker, Corporate Political Activity: Opportunities & Potential Pitfalls This Election Season, McGuireWoods Webinar, September 23, 2010
• Speaker, Congressional Ethics 2010 - Compliance for Businesses and Staffers, McGuireWoods Seminar with Chief Counsels to the Congressional Ethics Committees, May 2010
• Speaker, "Spring is in the Air, but ICE Isn’t Going Anywhere," Immigration Compliance and Worksite Enforcement Seminar, McGuireWoods LLP, March 2010
• Speaker, "It’s Only Fall, but ICE is Already Here," Immigration Compliance & Worksite Enforcement Seminar, McGuireWoods LLP, October 2009
• Speaker, Immigration Worksite Enforcement, August 2009
• Speaker, "Congressional Gift Rules Seminar," Roll Call and McGuireWoods Seminar, September 2008
• Speaker, "Congressional Ethics, Events and Travel Rules," BNA Training Conference, May 2008
• Speaker, "Congressional Gift Rules 101: What Businesses Need to Know," McGuireWoods Web Conference, October 2007
• Speaker, "Congressional Ethics 101," George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, April 2007

• University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 1999
• University of Virginia, BA, with Honors, 1996

Chair, Criminal Law Section, Virginia Bar Association, 2015-2016

• Author, COVID-19 Fraud Surge: Criminal Enforcement Reaches “Unprecedented Pace”, Subject to Inquiry, March 31, 2021
• Co-author, Federal Courts' Application of the Work-Product Doctrine to Nonparties, The Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation: Protecting and Defending Confidentiality, Seventh Edition, ABA Book Publishing, June 2019
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 9, 2014
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 3, 2014
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 21, 2014
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 24, 2014
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 12, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 29, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 16, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, September 10, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 9, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 16, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 23, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 11, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 26, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 5, 2013
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 4, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 13, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 29, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 16, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 2, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 17, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 26, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 12, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 15, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 24, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 27, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 13, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 28, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 14, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 31, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 17, 2012
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 6, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 15, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 1, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 18, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 4, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 26, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 14, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 1, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 17, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 3, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 5, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 15, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 1, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 1, 2011
• Author, "Minimizing Gift-Risk Under the Open Government Act," Executive Counsel, January 31, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 18, 2011
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 7, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 16, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, September 7, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 27, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 13, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 22, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 8, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 25, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 11, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 27, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 13, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 16, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 2, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," February 16, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 4, 2010
• Author, Citizens United Shifts the Focus to Corporate Governance, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 1, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 19, 2010
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 15, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 1, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 10, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 27, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, September 29, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 28, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 14, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 29, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 16, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 2, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 19, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 5, 2009
• Author, Homeland Security Announces Shift in Worksite Immigration Enforcement to Target Employers, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, May 5, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 20, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 6, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 23, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 9, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 23, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 9, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 26, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 12, 2009
• Author, Fourth Circuit Applies Scienter Requirement for Securities Class Actions, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, January 12, 2009
• Author, Immigration Work Site Enforcement Continues to Rise, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, January 12, 2009
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 8, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 17, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 4, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 21, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 7, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, September 22, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, September 2, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, August 26, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, August 4, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 21, 2008
• Author, Quon v. Arch Wireless: Ninth Circuit Increases Government Employee Privacy for Electronic Communications, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, July 14, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 7, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 23, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 9, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 19, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 5, 2008
• Author, Senate Finance Committee Issues Information Request to Colleges and Universities Regarding Use of Endowment Funds, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, April 30, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 21, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 8, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 24, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 10, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 25, 2008
• Author, Ryan v. Gifford: Board of Directors Waives Attorney-Client Privilege by Reporting on Internal Investigation at a Board Meeting, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 8, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 4, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 14, 2008
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 17, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, December 3, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 19, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, November 5, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 22, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, October 9, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, September 24, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, September 10, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, August 6, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 23, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, July 9, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 25, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, June 11, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 29, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, May 14, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 30, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 16, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, April 2, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 19, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, March 5, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 20, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, February 5, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics," Roll Call, January 22, 2007
• Author, "A Question of Ethics: With Focus on Ethics, 'Being Good' No Longer Good Enough," Roll Call, January 8, 2007