Kimberly A Davison

Practice Areas

Kimberly (“Kimber”) Davison serves as Managing Shareholder & Vice President for Griffith Davison, P.C., where she has spent more than twenty-years representing clients in real estate development and commercial construction. Her practice focuses on the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts, including guidance on industry promulgated forms such as AIA documents, EJCDC forms, and ConsensusDocs.

She is highly regarded for transactional and contracts work; and holds the distinct advantage of being dual board certified in both Commercial Real Estate and Construction Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Kimber’s clients look to her on all aspects of real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, land use issues, financing and lending documents and corporate matters related thereto.

Her dedication to the Construction & Real Estate community extends beyond just client engagements. She is actively involved in several professional and industry associations and has authored multiple publications on construction law.

Kimber is viewed by clients and peers as one of the best and brightest in her field, and she regularly gives of her time to benefit others. She is the Champion of the North Dallas REAL Professionals Network; and the founder and host of the Construction Ladies Luncheon.

Career

Vice President/Managing Shareholder

Griffith Davison, P.C.

Sep 1994 - Present

Professional Memberships

Charter Fellow – Construction Lawyers Society of America

Trial Law Institute – Member

Diversity Law Institute – Member

Advisory Board of Directors – Community Trust Bank

REAL Professionals Network – Champion of North Dallas Investor/Developer Group

American Bar Association

- Member – Forum on Construction Law

TEXO (North Texas Associated General Contractors / Associated Builders and Contractors)

- General Counsel (2023)

- Board of Directors (2019-2023)

- Legal Advisory Committee / Governmental Affairs Committee

- 2019 Task Force on Subcontracts

- Women’s Forum Leadership Committee

Founder & Host – Construction Ladies Luncheon

- Organization for women in the construction industry; each lunch consists of a paper and speech on a relevant construction/real estate law topic

CBRE – Last Tuesday Networking Group – invitation-only Member

The Real Estate Council – Member

Lifetime Member of the Baylor Law Review

State Bar of Texas

- Council Member – Construction Law Section (2009 – 2012)

- Member – Real Estate Law Section, Construction Law Section, Corporate Law Section

Dallas Bar Association

- Member – Real Estate Section, Construction Law Section, Corporate Law Section

College of the State Bar of Texas – Member

Women Construction Owners & Executives – Member

Law in the City (Organization of Women Law Partners) – Host Committee

Publications

State Bar of Texas – Construction Law Section Conference

- “Must Know Provisions of Industry Form Construction Contracts” (December 2022)

- “Oddities in the Anti-Indemnity Statute” (March 2020)

- The Purchase Order: The Document that Gets the Sticks and Bricks to the Project (March 2012)

American Bar Association – Forum on Construction Law

- Kimberly A. Davison and Jason L. Cagle, Third-Party Claims, in Green Building and the Construction Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Transactional and Litigation Issues (Melissa A. Beutler, et al. ed. 2014)

- 2010-2011 Construction Case Law and Legislation Update (Contributing Author, April 2011)

Dallas Bar Association – Construction Law Section

- ConsensusDOCS (August 2011) (Author and Speaker)

- A New Relationship: The Contractor and Project Lender (May 2009) (Author and Speaker)

Dallas Bar Association – Headnotes

- Construction Indemnification after the Anti-Indemnification Statute (August 2014)

- The Rules Have Changed: The Texas Contingent Payment Statute (March 2008)

TEXO

- GC / Specialty – Contract Assessment Tool (January 2020)

- Risk Management- Construction Contracts (September 2012)

- Dotting Your I’s…Insurance and Indemnity in 2012 (October 2011 – Spring 2012)

- The New Employer Laws for 2009 (Winter 2009)

Land and Construction News of Texas – Articles

- Protecting the Corporate Veil (2008)

- Investors & Buyers Beware! Mineral Rights Issues (Fall 2008)