by Wit Davis who replaced Steve Hart in 2019 as the counsel to the NRA Board of Directors has resigned. The announcement was made in an email to the Board this evening. NRA President Charles Cotton announced it and he had NRA Secretary John Frazer email his announcement to the Board.
To My Fellow Board Members:
I am writing to inform you that Wit Davis has resigned his position with the NRA. I am sure he would want you to know he noted that “it has been an honor to serve this remarkable organization” and that he is available to help the transition to a new attorney.
The plan is for the Association to hire an attorney who will serve through the conclusion of the NYAG case and, if necessary, thereafter until a permanent replacement is found. We do not want to rush into hiring counsel to provide advice to the Board. Therefore, an interim solution will allow us to conduct a more comprehensive search.
Please join me in wishing Wit the best.
Charles L. Cotton
There can be many explanations for Mr. Davis’ resignation. It could have been that he was forced out by Bill Brewer, Alternatively, it could have been they just didn’t have the money to continue to pay him. Another alternative and one any sane person in his position should have concluded was that life is too short to deal with this crap anymore. I’m sure whatever the reason we will find out more in the coming days.
Maybe, maybe not… I’ll wait…
In the movies attorney’s have to give the Court a good reason before they are allowed to resign in the middle of a trial. Is Davis involved at all with the court proceedings or is that just Brewer? If so, he may be SOL.
From all the filings I have read in the New York case, it is only Brewer. Davis’ job was to act as the legal advisor to the Board of Directors and not to the NRA as a whole.
In an ideal world, the board’s counsel would have been hired by the board, answerable only to the board, and would be independent of the NRA’s executive structure. As you may remember, Davis’ predecessor Steve Hart was unceremoniously fired by Wayne LaPierre in 2019.