The Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis

About Stacey

EDUCATION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Stacey graduated with honors from Michigan State University where she received a degree in Business Administration. She received her J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut. At the University of Connecticut School of Law, Stacey was the Editor-in-Chief and Information Technology Editor for the Connecticut Journal of International Law. She was the recipient of the Honorable James M. Higgins Award and the Joseph Glick Prize for Excellence in International Law.

Stacey practiced for over a decade at one of the country’s top law firms before opening her own firm. Stacey has been named Top 40 Under 40 by the Birmingham Business Journal, a Rising Star by Alabama SuperLawyers in Entertainment Law (2011-2015), a Mid-South Rising Star by SuperLaywers (2016-2020) Mid-South Super Lawyer by SuperLawyers (2021, 2022), “Best of the Bar” in Entertainment Law by the Birmingham Business Journal, a Top Female Attorney by B-Metro Magazine (2015-2022), and named by Birmingham Magazine as one of “Birmingham’s Top Attorney’s in Entertainment Law (2009, 2012-13, 2015-22). Stacey was the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year (Birmingham, Alabama) in 2012.

In 2009, the Alabama State Bar appointed Stacey to be Chair of a Task Force to study the creation of an Entertainment and Sports Law section. In 2010, the Intellectual Property Section expanded to become the Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Sports Law Section. Stacey chaired the Section in 2012 and 2013 and served as the Editor of the Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Sports Law Section Newsletter during that time.

INTERESTS

In addition to practicing law, Stacey is an award winning screenwriter, director and producer. She made her directorial debut in 2019 with her dramedy short CHERRY and her short documentary PIE IN THE PUSS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF PIEING IN FILM. Collectively, the films screened at over 30 festivals, including DC Shorts, Edmonton International Film Festival, BendFilm and Cucalorus Festival. Her debut film, THE SIBLING CODE (wrote/produced), screened at nearly a dozen festivals, including Nantucket Film Festival. The comedy stars Amy Okuda (ATYPCIAL), Jonathan Lisecki (GAYBY) and Amy Hill (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), and was directed by former Sundance Film Festival programmer, Roberta Marie Munroe Davis’ most recent production, A HAND TO HOLD, an animated short based on a poem written by Davis, premiered at the Brooklyn Film Festival and continues to screen on the festival circuit, with screenings at Nantucket Film Festival, Lagos Festival of Animation (Nigeria), Evolution! Mallorca Film Festival (Spain) and Tallgrass Film Festival.

Davis’ most recent script, the political drama, THE PARTY, is in development. Her screwball comedy BURYING THE LEAD won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2017 Broad Humor Film Festival, and she has placed in the following competitions: Nicholl Fellowship; Page (Top 25 in Comedy) and Austin Film Festival. She has participated in Squaw Valley’s Screenwriting Conference, the Stowe Story Labs’ Narrative Lab as well as its Writer’s Retreat program.

In various producer roles, her films include JOCKEY (Sundance 2021); SWAN SONG (SXSW 2021); SWORD OF TRUST (SXSW, dir. Lynn Shelton; starring Marc Maron), LITTLE SISTER (SXSW, written/directed by Zach Clark, starring Addison Timlin, Ally Sheedy and Peter Hedges, and named by “The New Yorker” as the best film of 2016); 1985 (SXSW, written/directed by Yen Tan, starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen and Michael Chiklis), THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY (starring Robyn Lively and Shanola Hampton) and SOCIAL ANIMALS (starring Noel Wells, Samira Wiley and Josh Radnor).

Stacey lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband and two sons.

ASSOCIATIONS

Stacey has served as a Board Member/Officer for the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema (The Sidewalk Film Festival) for over ten years and is the immediate past-President of the organization. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Stowe Story Labs. Stacey is a former board member of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame and Birmingham Festival Theatre.

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