T. MICHAEL DAVIS earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Scandinavian Languages and German (summa cum laude) in June 1990 from the University of Minnesota. He received a Masters degree in Public Administration in 1994 from Syracuse University's number-one ranked Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs. At the same time, Mr. Davis earned his Juris Doctorate with a Certificate in International Law from Syracuse University College of Law in Syracuse, New York. He has also pursued additional studies in Computer Science. Mr. Davis is fluent in Swedish, speaks excellent German, and can read and understand spoken Danish and Norwegian.

Before joining Skjold-Barthel, P.A., Mr. Davis was the managing member of SCANDIA-GERMANIA-DAVIS, PLLC. Prior to this Mr. Davis was an Associate Attorney, from 1999 to 2001, with Patterson, Thuente, Skaar and Christensen, P.A., a mid-sized intellectual property law firm located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After graduating from law school, from 1995 until 1999, Mr. Davis was a Law Clerk and then an Associate with the New Jersey/New York offices of Peri & Stewart, L.L.C., the American affiliate of the Oslo, Norway based law firm of Føyen & Co. Ans. Earlier he worked briefly as an intern and pro-bono research attorney for the International Red Cross' Institute Henry-Dunant in Geneva, Switzerland. He began his career as relates to law as a Page/Assistant with the Minnesota State Senate in 1991.

Mr. Davis is admitted to practice in New York, Minnesota, and New Jersey. He has been affiliated with the New Jersey State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Austrian-American Chamber of Commerce, the Swedish Inventors Association - SUF, and the Civilekonomföreningen of New York City. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association - AIPLA, the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce - SACC, the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce - NACC, and the Minnesota State Bar Association's International Business Law Section. He has served on the Royal Norwegian Consulate General's Business Advisory Board (2006-2008), as a Representative on the Minnesota State Bar Association's General Assembly (2007-2008), and as Chairman of the Minnesota State Bar Association's International Business Law Section Council (2007-2008).

He presently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce - USA, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce - Minnesota, and as a Council Member on the Minnesota State Bar Association's International Business Law Section Council.