A longtime data and privacy partner at New York firm Zeichner Ellman & Krause has moved to Seyfarth Shaw.

Tracee E. Davis joined Seyfarth's litigation department and its global privacy and security team as a partner this month. A certified information privacy professional, Davis has helped clients develop privacy programs and conduct risk and compliance assessments. She also focuses on complex commercial litigation, working on cases involving financial services, data privacy and insurance industry issues.

Speaking on her move to Seyfarth, Davis said she was impressed with the firm's women leaders, including New York co-managing partner Lorie Almon and Laura Maechtlen, who chairs its labor and employment practice. She said she was also attracted to Seyfarth's global business and its approach to technology to reduce litigation costs.

“The firm's use of technology and its innovative approach to providing legal services [were] head and shoulders above some of the other competitors out there,” she said, noting Seyfarth's client services model known as SeyfarthLean.

Davis joined Seyfarth after serving as a partner at Zeichner, a full-service firm of about 39 lawyers centered in New York with offices in other U.S. cities and Tel Aviv. Before her 17 years at the firm, she was the principal court attorney to Justice Charles Ramos, who recently retired from the Manhattan Supreme Court's Commercial Division.

Davis is a member of the state's Commercial Division Advisory Council and has consulted with other lawyers who seek advice on litigating in New York state courts. She has been heavily involved with New York bar associations, including serving one of seven members on a task force that put together a report that surveyed New York state and federal judges and found that women were given far fewer opportunities to argue than men.

Zeichner's managing partner David Chenkin couldn't immediately be reached for comment.