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Guest Speaker at MODS BFF Luncheon: Wiline Justillen Davis
Wiline Justilien Davis – Guest Speaker at MODS BFF Luncheon at the Tower Club!
Leader. Attorney. Public Servant. Wiline Justilien Davis is the embodiment of the American Dream. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Wiline was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. While in high school, Wiline began volunteering at the Museum of Discovery and Science, where she was later afforded the opportunity to join the museum staff through the YATSEE (Youth Achievement Through Science Education and Employment) program. Wiline remained a member of the museum’s staff over the next several years, even making cameo appearances during her first two summers in college.
Wiline attended Tulane University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French. Following college, she was selected among outstanding college graduates to teach for two years in Washington, D.C. as a Teach For America corps member. Wiline left the classroom after her corps commitment to attend Georgetown Law and pursue her lifelong professional dream of becoming an attorney. At Georgetown, Wiline proved herself to be a well-rounded leader in the law school community. She was a founding member and the managing editor of Georgetown Law’s newest journal, the Georgetown Journal of Modern Critical Race Perspectives ; a student member of the Student Life/Diversity Student-Faculty Committee; an active member of the Black Law Students Association; and received a CALI Excellence for the Future Award for obtaining the highest grade in one of her writing seminars .
Following law school, Wiline went into private practice at a multinational law firm as a complex commercial litigator representing multimillion dollar organizations. Wiline was later wooed away from the law to return to Teach For America as the Managing Director of Alumni Affairs for the D.C. Region. In this position, Wiline served on the region’s executive leadership team, managed a team of direct reports, and cultivated relationships with and among an alumni network of over 2400 members.
Wiline has returned to the practice of law as a healthcare associate in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP. Her practice focuses on counseling healthcare providers and organizations on regulatory compliance, licensure and certification, fraud and abuse, and corporate transactional matters. Wiline is also a judge advocate reservist in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where she has the humble privilege of serving our country as well as the men and women who defend its freedom. Finally, Wiline has recently joined the Development Council of Bay Area Legal Services Inc. – a nonprofit, public interest law firm that provides civil legal assistance to low-income residents in the Tampa Bay region.
In her free time, Wiline enjoys showing off her fierce dance moves in Zumba class, remixing classic recipes, and traveling with her better half, Ricky.
