Spencer Davenport is an attorney in Pacific Legal Foundation’s Separation of Powers practice. His work focuses on combating the unchecked growth of the administrative state and protecting individual liberty from agency overreach. He wants to ensure that unelected bureaucrats do not wield powers that the Constitution reserves to the people’s elected representatives. Spencer joined Pacific Legal Foundation as an attorney in 2026.
Before joining PLF, he worked as an assistant solicitor general in the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office. In that role, he litigated cases in state and federal courts, including in the U.S. Supreme Court. His work frequently focused on federalism and enforcing the Constitution’s structural provisions.
Spencer was also a law clerk for the Honorable James A. Teilborg of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and a legal associate at the Cato Institute. He attended the University of Michigan Law School, where he published a note on the removal protections for administrative law judges and competed in the Campbell Moot Court.
Outside the office, Spencer enjoys weightlifting, hiking, running, and skiing. He also likes experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen and unwinding by watching sports.
Spencer is a member of the bar only in the District of Columbia and West Virginia.