Derek Davis is a trial attorney and shareholder in both the Dallas and San Francisco offices of Cooper & Scully, P.C. and is licensed to practice law in both California and Texas. He devotes his multi-jurisdictional practice to representing clients in a variety of areas, including health care law, managed care and health plan liability, provider-payer disputes, pharmaceutical liability, insurance and bad faith, ERISA/employee benefits, commercial litigation, and regulatory and administrative representation. Derek represents a broad array of clients on matters, including appointments as National Coordinating Counsel to Fortune 100 sized companies, mid-sized companies involved in business and personal injury disputes, and individuals in need of regulatory representation before professional licensing boards.

Derek is registered to practice pharmacy and maintains certification as a pharmacy preceptor by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. His unique perspective as both pharmacist and attorney provides an insider's view of health care operations and pharmacy practice. His consulting and trial practice includes cases venued in Texas and California as lead counsel, and he is frequently called upon to appear in cases in many other states, having formally entered appearances before dozens of federal and state courts and regulatory agencies across the country.

In addition to practicing law, Derek serves as faculty for two different pharmacy schools. He actively manages a pharmacy law and health care law rotation for University of Texas College of Pharmacy doctoral students, and he also teaches Pharmacy Law to 3rd year pharmacy students at the University of North Texas School of Pharmacy. He has published a countless number of law and health care related articles and frequently serves as teaching faculty in continuing legal education courses and client-focused presentations.