Editing Gray Davis (section)

==Life after politics==
[[File:2012 DNC day 2 (7958102332).jpg|thumb|Davis attending the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]]]]
[[File:California Governors - Your Action Saves Lives campaign video.ogg|thumb|Davis participating in a public service announcement as part of the State of California's "Your Action Saves Lives" series promoting facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.]]

In December 2004, Davis announced that he was joining the law firm of Loeb & Loeb.<ref name="bright"/>

Davis has done several media interviews about his legacy. He appeared prominently in the documentary ''[[Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room]]''.<ref name="Enron">{{cite news |first=Sonja |last=Steptoe |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/08/gray.davis.tm/index.html |title=Gray Davis, Reanimated. CNN, August 8, 2005 |publisher=CNN |access-date=2010-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123212527/http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/08/gray.davis.tm/index.html |archive-date=January 23, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The debate about his legacy and role in the energy woes that proved to be his downfall remains. In a CNN interview on August 5, 2005, Davis expressed that he felt vindicated because of the revelation that Enron manipulated the California energy market and because of Schwarzenegger's then-low approval ratings. He also indicated that he had no interest in running for governor again, although he had been urged to run by some Democrats.<ref name="Enron"/>

Davis was a guest lecturer at UCLA's School of Public Policy in 2006 alongside former Republican State Senator [[Jim Brulte]]. He wrote an introduction for a journalist's book on the [[Amber Alert]] system for missing children, a cause he championed.<ref name="bright"/>

On April 23, 2007, Davis was appointed to the Board of Directors of animation company [[DiC Entertainment]] as a non-executive.<ref>[http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070423/20070423005656.html?.v=1 DIC Entertainment Appoints Former Governor of California Gray Davis to Board of Directors]{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (2007, April 23). Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved April 23, 2007. {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

On May 21, 2009, Davis was keynote speaker at the Columbia Law School graduation ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|title=Columbia Law School|url=http://web.law.columbia.edu/graduation/2009/highlights|publisher=The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109231356/http://web.law.columbia.edu/graduation/2009/highlights|archive-date=9 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Recent Law School Commencements |url=http://law.clearadmit.com/2009/05/recent-law-school-commencements/ |publisher=Clear Admit |access-date=9 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109223946/http://law.clearadmit.com/2009/05/recent-law-school-commencements/ |archive-date=9 January 2014 }}</ref>

In September 2024, Davis was one of several former governors to sign an open letter to all 50 current governors urging them to certify their states' votes after the upcoming November election.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Politico]] |title=Former governors urge successors to certify election results |author=Jonathan Lemire |date=September 17, 2024}}</ref>