Anna L. Davis, JD

Anna L. Davis is an attorney in the firm of Gordon, Wolf & Carney, CHTD and leads the firm’s Social Security disability benefits practice. She has over 30 years of experience in disability rights, public health law and family law.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Davis held a faculty appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 2011 - 2021, where her research focused on the ways in which law and policy can reduce health disparities and improve public health outcomes.

She was the co-founder of the Clinic for Public Health Law and Policy at JHBSPH, which gave students real-world opportunities to apply law and policy to solve current and compelling public health problems. She also taught a family health course that examined the likely impact of policies, laws, and regulations on family health across the life course. She was a guest editor of a Special Supplement to the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45:4, Winter 2017 and has co-authored a number of articles in the peer-reviewed literature.

Ms. Davis was appointed in 2017 by Governor Hogan to serve as a Commissioner on the Maryland Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission. She also has served on numerous not-for-profit Boards of Directors over the years including the Boards of Advocates for Children and Youth and the Jewish Women’s Giving Foundation of the Associated Jewish Charities.

She currently serves on the Board of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, Inc.  Ms. Davis is a lifelong Maryland resident. She received her B.A. from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1985 and her J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1990.  In addition, in 2007, Ms. Davis was awarded a Master in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is rated AV Preeminent® by the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ system, the highest possible rating and is a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and the Maryland Supreme Court.

Education

• JD, University of Maryland Frances King Carey School of Law
• MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Journal Articles

• Davis AL, Zare H, Kanwar O, McCleary R and Gaskin DJ. Programs and Policies Targeted to Improve Access to Dental Care for Low Income Adults and Children in the US: An Integrative Literature. J Dent & Oral Disord. 2021; 7(3): 1166. Available at: https://austinpublishinggroup.com/dental-disorders/all-issues.php
• Gaskin DJ. Zare H, Kanwar O, McCleary R and Davis AL. Predictors of Unmet Dental Health Needs in US Adults in 2018 (A Cross-sectional Analysis). JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 2021. DOI: 10.1177/23800844211035669.
• Davis, AL, Zare, H, McCleary, R, Kanwar, O, Tolbert, E, Gaskin, D, Maryland Dentists’ Perceptions and Attitudes towards Dental Therapy, J Public Health Dent. 2020; 80(3): 227-226.
• Sharfstein, JM, Miller, JD, Davis, AL, Ross, JR, McCarthy, ME, Smith, B, Chaudhry, A, Alexander, GC, Kesselheim, AS, Blueprint for Transparency at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Recommendations to Advance the Development of Safe and Effective Medical Products, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45 SI (2017): 5-6 Winter 2017. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1073110517750615
• Davis, AL, Miller, JD, The European Medicines Agency and Publication of Clinical Study Reports: A Challenge for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, JAMA, Published online February 20, 2017. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.0918.
• Wolfson, J., Davis A., Teret, S., “Legal Review.” A Comprehensive Report on School Safety Technology, Laurel: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, November 2016 available at https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/250274.pdf

Practice-Related Reports

• Gaskin, DJ, Davis, AL, Zare, H., Kanwar, O., McCleary, R. (2019). Access to Dental Care in Maryland: An Assessment of Challenges and Solutions, Baltimore, MD: Advocates for Children and Youth, November, 2019 available at https://www.acy.org/policies/how-to-increase-dental-access-across-maryland/.
• Davis, A., Hospital Community Benefits and Health Care Reform in Maryland: A Strategy for Improving Population Health, Baltimore, MD: The Abell Foundation, Inc., January 2017, available at https://abell.org/?s=A+Strategy+for+Improving+Population+Health

Teaching

Current

• Fundamentals of Healthcare Systems

Honors and Distinctions

• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated Attorney 2018 THE DAILY RECORD Top Winner Leadership in Law Honoree Guest Editor, Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics, 45 SI (2017): 5-6 WINTER 2017