Personal Experience

Audrey Cohen-Davis is a member of Beus Gilbert McGroder PLLC, a premier boutique law firm concentrating on High Stakes Litigation, Real Estate and Zoning Law, and Plaintiffs Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death.  Ms. Cohen-Davis is a member of the firm’s High Stakes Litigation and Real estate zoning and land use practices.

Audrey Cohen-Davis’ career spans 28 years. After completing her law studies at Temple University where she was an editor of the Environmental Law and Technology Law Journal, her career trajectory started as a law clerk in a private Philadelphia law firm, LaBrum & Doak where she ultimately became an Associate Attorney. She then went to Simasek, Ruzzi & McKee as an in-house litigation attorney for CNA insurance company until relocating to Phoenix where she joined the Hudspeth Law Firm and met her husband. Audrey ultimately relocated to Jackson, Wyoming where her husband became an owner of the beloved Sweetwater Restaurant and Audrey joined a private law office where she handled an active caseload involving contract, tort, construction, business, and corporate litigation matters.

In 2006, Audrey became the Jackson City Attorney and established an outstanding legal department serving 3 Mayors and multiple Town Councils, Planning Commissions, City Boards and City employees over 13 years.  Audrey managed legal matters and trials for the city in the areas of civil litigation, government law and ethics, public policy, land use and zoning, business, contractual and corporate law and all aspects of municipal and local government.

Eager to cultivate her own private practice and one that would intersect her decades of experience, Audrey resigned after her 13-year tenure and opened her own law practice Cohen-Davis Law believing respect, trust and integrity is what drives results.  Audrey brings an exceptional level of enthusiasm, dedication and nuanced perspective that makes her an ideal advocate to guide clients who have complex interests.

Admissions

United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Arizona United States District Court and Supreme Court of Arizona

Wyoming United States District Court and Supreme Court of Wyoming

Pennsylvania United States District Court -Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

New York – Supreme Court of New York

Education

Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -Juris Doctorate, Dec. 1993

Temple University School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -Master of Business Administration, December 1993, Major – Business Law

Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, May 1990; Major-Risk Management and Insurance

Honors:

*Outstanding Achievement Scholar – four-year full tuition scholarship

*Awarded Jack A. King Memorial Award for academic scholarship, leadership, and dedication to the business school

*Golden Key National Honor Society – Vice President and member

Memberships & Activities

Association of Trial Lawyers of America (2003)

Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association – Former Member

American Bar Association – Member

Business Law Section of Arizona State Bar – President (’05-’06), Executive Council and Vice President (2003-2004); Secretary/Treasurer (2002)

National Women’s Political Caucus – Former Board Member

Arizona Women’s Political Caucus – State Policy Council, Board Member, President (’05), Vice-President – Programming (2004)

Women in the Senate and House – Former member

Arizona Women’s Lawyer Association – Member

Pennsylvania Bar Association – Former Member

Philadelphia Bar Association – Former Member

Certified Arbitrator – Philadelphia, PA

Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce – Appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors (2021) and Government and Community Affairs Committee Appointed Member (2020-presnt)

University of Wyoming Extension Center for Resolution – Certified Mediator

Wyoming Agriculture and National Resource Mediation Program – Certified Mediator

International Municipal Lawyers Association – Wyoming State Chair (2017-2019)

Teton County Bar Association – President (2009-2011), Vice-President (2007-2009), Secretary/Treasurer (2005-2006), Member (2004-Present)

Wyoming State Bar Local Government Section – Chair (2018-2019), Board Member (2017-2018), Acting Chair (2008-2010)

Publications

Equitable and Non-Equitable Contribution Under CERCLA Section 113 United States v. Kramer, F.Supp. 397 (D.N.J. 1991), 11 Temple Envtl.L. & Tech.J. 281 (1992)

Defending Construction Accident Claims in Light of Recent Case Law on Indemnification Clauses and Statutory Employer Defense, CounterPoint, October 1993, p. 19

Presentations

Presented for Wyoming Bar Association Continuing Education Program on municipal law issues

Community & Philanthropy

Teton County Access to Justice Program – Founding member, Chair of Board of Directors (2011-2022)

Children’s Learning Center – Chair of Board of Directors and member (2009-2019)

Other

Worked on the Rohm and Haas superfund site litigation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

Handled trials in Arizona, including two-month trial involving business clients charged by US Attorney Napolitano in Arizona

Handled trials in Jackson Hole, Wyoming as City Attorney involving liquor license violation, civil rights issues regarding protestors and argued before the Wyoming Supreme Court

Defended adverse possession case in Wyoming and prevailed at trial, October 2022