Katherine Unger Davis

Kate Unger Davis concentrates her practice on product liability and mass tort matters with particular experience in appellate litigation. She has represented Fortune 500 companies in several multi-jurisdictional mass tort actions involving claims of personal injury, consumer fraud, and public nuisance, and in other commercial disputes.

Ms. Unger Davis manages all stages of a dispute from discovery to appeal. She has defended expert and company witnesses at deposition and prepared them for trial. She participated on several trial teams that secured victories for a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

She is recognized by Legal 500 US for her work in the area of Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions – Pharma and Medical Devices. In 2022, Ms. Unger Davis was named among Pennsylvania’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track” as part of The Legal Intelligencer’s Professional Excellence Awards. She was also named a 2020 Young Lawyer of the Year by the American Lawyer in recognition of the depth or her experience and leadership representing major pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Ms. Unger Davis maintains an active pro bono practice. She has represented several indigent clients in appeals before the Third Circuit related to their unconstitutional convictions. She has advised the City of Philadelphia in connection with litigation and legislation concerning “sanctuary cities.” Ms. Unger Davis also represented a class of indigent defendants arguing that the county public defender system was so underfunded and overworked that they were being denied their constitutionally protected right to adequate representation.

Ms. Unger Davis is a member of the Editorial Committee of the product liability and mass torts group’s newsletter, Dechert Re:Torts.

Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Unger Davis clerked for the Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and for the Honorable William H. Yohn Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Unger Davis earned her JD summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2011. While at Penn Law, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law and Social Change.

Prior to earning her law degree, Ms. Unger Davis served as a Teach for America corps member in Philadelphia, where she taught the third and fourth grades.