Born on February 27, 1914, in New York City, New York, Davis received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1934 from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1937 from Columbia Law School.
He was an attorney in the Claims Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1939 to 1942.
He was an attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1946 to 1948.
[1][2] Davis was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on January 31, 1962, to a seat on the United States Court of Claims vacated by Judge J. Warren Madden.
He was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat.