UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                              FORM 13F

                        FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:     September 30, 2002

Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
                                  [ ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:      M.H. Davidson & Co., L.L.C.
Address:   885 Third Avenue Suite 3300
           New York, NY 10022



13F File Number:  28-4666

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.


Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:    Thomas L. Kempner Jr.
Title:   Member
Phone:   212-446-4060
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

  Thomas L. Kempner Jr.  New York  November 12, 2002


Report Type (Check only one.):

[X]        13F HOLDINGS REPORT.

[ ]        13F NOTICE.

[ ]        13F COMBINATION REPORT.


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:



I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:            0

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:       7

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:      10,858,000


CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS FILING AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE COMMISSION.


List of Other Included Managers:




                              
                                                                  FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
						                        VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY
        NAME OF ISSUER         TITLE OF CLASS     CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE
------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------

ARCH WIRELESS INC.             CS               039392600      219   365265 SH       SOLE                  1011765
AT&T CANADA ( USD )            CS               00207Q202     2496    77831 SH       SOLE                    77831
BANK UNITED LITIGATION RIGHTS  CS               065416117       55   920200 SH       SOLE                   920200
HISPANIC BROADCASTING CORP     CS               43357B104     1955   104800 SH       SOLE                   104800
MCLEOD PREFERRED STOCK         CS               582266805      604   402849 SH       SOLE                   402849
PURE RESOURCES                 CS               74622E102     1792    80000 SH       SOLE                    80000
SPRINT CORP                    CS               852061605     3737   718649 SH       SOLE                   718649
                  						10,858