NAFUSA member Donald A. Davis passed away on February 5, 2023. He was 74. Don was appointed by Chief U.S. Judge Paul L. Maloney to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan in October of 2008 and served in that capacity until July 2012.

Don, a graduate of Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan Law School, spent his entire legal career in Grand Rapids, first serving as law clerk for then Chief U.S. District Judge Noel Fox and then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorneys Office there. He served as Criminal Chief, First Assistant and Sr. Litigation Counsel before being appointed as the U.S. Attorney. He was a past president of the West Michigan chapter of the Federal Bar Association and chair of the Hillman Trial Advocacy Program. Don was a former Marine and an avid runner who encouraged others to take noon runs. He has been described by a former U.S.Attorney as “a  talented and dedicated attorney with a long history of faithful service to the Western District of Michigan.”

He is survived by his wife, Linda and two children, Erin and Trevor and four granddaughters.