Steve Davis
Partner | TorHoerman Law LLC
Steve Davis is a mass torts, dangerous drugs and medical devices trial lawyer and partner at TorHoerman Law LLC in Edwardsville, Illinois. Admitted in Illinois, Missouri and California; J.D., Southern Illinois University School of Law (2003).
Meet Steve
Steve Davis is a partner at TorHoerman Law LLC in Edwardsville, Illinois. For more than two decades he has represented people harmed by pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, toxic chemicals and other consumer products, and he has handled claims for thousands of clients in large mass tort and complex product liability litigations.
Since the firm opened in 2009, Davis has helped lead its work in litigation involving Depo-Provera, NEC infant formula, AFFF firefighting foam, Camp Lejeune water contamination, 3M Combat Arms earplugs, talcum powder, Paraquat and diacetyl, among others. He was appointed co-liaison counsel in the Pradaxa products liability MDL, which ended in a $650 million settlement, and has been part of trial teams that won plaintiff jury verdicts in toxic exposure and product liability cases in Ohio and St. Louis.
Davis holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a J.D. from Southern Illinois University, and gained courtroom experience during law school working in prosecutors’ offices in Saline County, Illinois, and Vanderburgh County, Indiana. He is admitted in Illinois, Missouri and California, and has served as a court-appointed guardian ad litem in Madison County, Illinois.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Southern Illinois University, 2003
- B.S., Accounting, Southern Illinois University, 2000
- Admitted to practice in Illinois, 2003
- Admitted to practice in Missouri, 2004
- Admitted to practice in California, 2007
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- Court-Appointed Guardian ad litem, Madison County, Illinois
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Madison County Bar Association
- Cook County Bar Association
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100
- Illinois Super Lawyers (2022-present)
- $650 Million MDL Settlement: Appointed Co-Liaison Counsel in the Pradaxa (Dabigatran Etexilate) Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2385), which concluded with a $650 million settlement.
- Plaintiff Jury Verdicts: Member of trial teams that secured plaintiff jury verdicts in toxic exposure and product liability cases in Ohio and St. Louis.
- Confidential Settlements: Represented hundreds of women injured by defective transvaginal mesh products, resulting in confidential settlements.
- OxyContin Nationwide Settlement: Helped obtain a nationwide settlement for individuals harmed by OxyContin following years of litigation.
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