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Alan E. Davis
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Alan practiced business law for five decades. During that time, he represented many closely held and family controlled public companies, handling hundreds of deals for clients engaged in the areas of manufacturing, retail, distribution, and service, among others.

Alan’s practice encompassed a broad range of legal matters, including financing, strategic business planning, securities transactions, the acquisition, sale and dissolution of businesses and related assets, and relations with suppliers, customers and non-union staff. He counseled clients throughout the entire life cycle of their business ventures, serving as a trusted advisor and providing highly-valued continuity of representation.

Alan had a notable concentration in franchise law, distribution and trade regulation issues, with extensive expertise in the representation of automobile dealership franchises. In alternative dispute resolution, as an arbitrator, he had a particular focus on disputes related to business divorces, post-acquisition disputes, corporate governance, contract issues, and franchise terminations. He was a former chair of the firm's Corporate Department.

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Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1965
  • New York, 1983
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1965

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 1965
  • Rutgers University, B.A., cum laude, 1962

  • Monmouth University: Trustee Emeritus (1995 - present); Board of Trustees (past Secretary); Legal, Audit, HR Committees; Finance and Committee on Trustees (past Chair and member)
  • RWJBarnabas Health, Inc.: former Board of Trustees: Executive Compensation Committee Chair; Compliance Committee; Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
  • Monmouth Medical Center: Chair Emeritus Trustee: Board of Trustees (1996-2009, 2010-2022) and Chair (2004-2006); Medical Policy Committee (past Chair); Finance Committee (past Chair)
  • Monmouth Medical Center Foundation: Honorary Trustee; Board of Trustees (1993 –2009) and Chair (1996 – 1998); Honorary Member (2008 – present
  • Former member, New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Former member, Middlesex County Bar Association
  • Draftsman of the original New Jersey Franchise Practices Act, enacted in 1971
  • Served as one of two Governor’s Representatives on the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees Retirement System of New Jersey (1995 – 2002)
  • Former member, American Arbitration Association Active Neutral on the Commercial Panel
  • Former member, American Bar Association
  • U.S. Army, AG Corps, HQ Ft. Myer, Virginia (1966 – 1967); Chief, Military Personnel Office; Chief, Administrative Services Offices; Rank: 1st Lt. promoted to Captain; ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate (1962)

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