[2] Before moving to Hong Kong, as a Hawaii attorney, he worked for the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation on indigenous rights and land use issues.

Davis has held numerous academic positions in several leading academic institutions, including the J. Landis Martin Visiting Professorship in Human Rights at Northwestern University, the Robert and Marion Short Visiting Professorship at Notre Dame University and the Frederick K. Cox Visiting Professorship at Case Western Reserve University, as well as the Schell Senior Fellowship in Human Rights at Yale Law School.

Davis has advocated for political reform and universal suffrage in Hong Kong and around Asia for more than two decades.

He has appeared for interviews on crucial human rights topics in such broadcast media as CNN, the BBC, National Public Radio and NBC News.

[9] He has remained a consistent public voice against the ongoing crackdown in Hong Kong following the imposition of the national security law.