Source for this subsection: Internet Accountability Project | local copy, 2021-08-17
Mike Davis is the founder and president of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), an advocacy organization fighting to rein in Big Tech. As the former Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mike Davis also leads the Article III Project (A3P), which defends constitutionalist judges and the rule of law, along with the Unsilenced Majority, an organization dedicated to opposing Cancel Culture, and fighting back against the woke mob and their enablers.
As Chief Counsel for Nominations, Davis advised Chairman Grassley and other senators on the confirmation of federal judges and senior Executive Branch appointees, serving as staff lead for 30 hearings and 41 markup meetings. He oversaw the floor votes for 278 nominees, including the confirmations of Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the record number of circuit judges confirmed during President Trump's first two years in office.
Mike Davis has served in all three branches of the federal government, including for President George W. Bush, the Justice Department, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and current Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis also led the outside support team for Justice Gorsuch's successful confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Before returning to public service in 2017, Davis spent nearly ten years as a civil litigator in Denver, working at one of the largest law firms in the world and one of the top-ranked law firms in Colorado before running his own law practice for more than five years.
Mike Davis is from Des Moines, Iowa. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 2000 and Juris Doctor in 2004, both from the University of Iowa. In 2017, Davis received Iowa Law's "Emerging Leader Award." Davis also serves on the University of Iowa Political Science Advisory Board.
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