Overview
Kimberly (“Kimber”) Davison serves as Managing Shareholder & Vice President for Griffith Davison, P.C., where she has spent more than twenty-years representing clients in real estate development and commercial construction. Her practice focuses on the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts, including guidance on industry promulgated forms such as AIA documents, EJCDC forms, and ConsensusDocs.
She is highly regarded for transactional and contracts work; and holds the distinct advantage of being dual board certified in both Commercial Real Estate and Construction Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Kimber’s clients look to her on all aspects of real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, land use issues, financing and lending documents and corporate matters related thereto.
Her dedication to the Construction & Real Estate community extends beyond just client engagements. She is actively involved in several professional and industry associations and has authored multiple publications on construction law.
Kimber is viewed by clients and peers as one of the best and brightest in her field, and she regularly gives of her time to benefit others. She is the Champion of the North Dallas REAL Professionals Network; and the founder and host of the Construction Ladies Luncheon.
- Board Certified – Commercial Real Estate – Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Board Certified – Construction Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Martindale-Hubbell® – AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating & Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
- Chambers & Partners USA – Ranked as a leader in the field of Construction Law
- Managing Shareholder & Vice President – Griffith Davison
- Dallas 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth – D CEO Magazine (2021)
- Best Lawyers® The Best Lawyers in America (2017-2024)
- Texas Super Lawyers (2013-2023)
- Best Lawyers in Dallas – D Magazine (2017)
- Top Attorneys in Texas (2014)
- Charter Fellow – Construction Lawyers Society of America
- Trial Law Institute – Member
- Diversity Law Institute – Member
- Advisory Board of Directors – Community Trust Bank
- REAL Professionals Network – Champion of North Dallas Investor/Developer Group
- American Bar Association
- Member – Forum on Construction Law
- TEXO (North Texas Associated General Contractors / Associated Builders and Contractors)
- General Counsel (2023-2024)
- Board of Directors (2019-2022)
- Legal Advisory Committee / Governmental Affairs Committee
- 2019 Task Force on Subcontracts
- Women’s Forum Leadership Committee
- Founder & Host – Construction Ladies Luncheon
- Organization for women in the construction industry; each lunch consists of a paper and speech on a relevant construction/real estate law topic
- CBRE – Last Tuesday Networking Group – invitation-only Member
- The Real Estate Council – Member
- Lifetime Member of the Baylor Law Review
- State Bar of Texas
- Council Member – Construction Law Section (2009 – 2012)
- Member – Real Estate Law Section, Construction Law Section, Corporate Law Section
- Dallas Bar Association Member – Real Estate Section, Construction Law Section, Corporate Law Section
- Tarrant County Bar Association Member – Construction Law Section & Real Estate Section
- College of the State Bar of Texas – Member
- Women Construction Owners & Executives – Member
- Law in the City (Organization of Women Law Partners) – Host Committee
- State Bar of Texas – Construction Law Section Conference
- “Must Know Provisions of Industry Form Construction Contracts” (December 2022)
- “Oddities in the Anti-Indemnity Statute” (March 2020)
- The Purchase Order: The Document that Gets the Sticks and Bricks to the Project (March 2012)
- American Bar Association – Forum on Construction Law
- Kimberly A. Davison and Jason L. Cagle, Third-Party Claims, in Green Building and the Construction Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Transactional and Litigation Issues (Melissa A. Beutler, et al. ed. 2014)
- 2010-2011 Construction Case Law and Legislation Update (Contributing Author, April 2011)
- Dallas Bar Association – Construction Law Section
- ConsensusDOCS (August 2011) (Author and Speaker)
- A New Relationship: The Contractor and Project Lender (May 2009) (Author and Speaker)
- Dallas Bar Association – Headnotes
- Construction Indemnification after the Anti-Indemnification Statute (August 2014)
- The Rules Have Changed: The Texas Contingent Payment Statute (March 2008)
- TEXO
- GC / Specialty – Contract Assessment Tool (January 2020)
- Risk Management- Construction Contracts (September 2012)
- Dotting Your I’s…Insurance and Indemnity in 2012 (October 2011 – Spring 2012)
- The New Employer Laws for 2009 (Winter 2009)
- Land and Construction News of Texas – Articles
- Protecting the Corporate Veil (2008)
- Investors & Buyers Beware! Mineral Rights Issues (Fall 2008)
Areas of Focus
Education
- Vanderbilt University
- B.S., 1991
- Baylor University School of Law
- J.D., 1994
- Research Editor, Baylor Law Review
