Greg Davis (Mississippi politician)

Greg Davis
Mayor of Southaven, Mississippi
In office
1997–2013
Preceded byJoe Cates
Succeeded byDarren Musselwhite
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 7th district
In office
1991–1997
Preceded byJohn Grisham
Succeeded byWanda Taylor Jennings
Personal details
Born
Charles Gregory Davis

(1966-02-22) February 22, 1966 (age 58)[1]
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children3
Alma materMississippi State University
ProfessionEngineer, politician

Charles Gregory Davis, known as Greg Davis (born February 22, 1966) is an American attorney and the former mayor of Southaven in northern Mississippi, the state's fourth largest city, from 1997 to 2013. Prior to serving as mayor, he represented the 7th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was the Republican Party's nominee for Mississippi's 1st congressional district in the 2008 special and general elections.

In 2012, he was convicted on charges of embezzlement, false pretense, and making fraudulent statements and was later sentenced, however his conviction was overturned in a 2017 retrial and found not guilty. Greg attended Mitchell Hamline School of Law where he received his Juris Doctor degree in December 2021. After passing the Mississippi Bar in February 2022, he was admitted to practice law in July 2022. He currently has a practice (Davis Law MS, PLLC) located in Hernando, MS.

  1. ^ "djournal.com: 2008 Voter's Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-05-14.