He received his Juris Doctor from 1980 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

He served as chief assistant state attorney in the Fourth Judicial Circuit from 1991 to 1994.

[1] He would replace Judge Richard A. Lazzara, who assumed senior status on December 17, 2011.

[4] Grassley had charged that Davis' answers to certain questions suggested a bias in favor of African-Americans and a lack of impartiality.

[4] On January 2, 2013, Davis' nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate.