Ms. Damian has represented directors and officers
of public and private companies in a variety of corporate and
securities litigation. She has also counseled companies on corporate
governance matters and served as counsel to special litigation
committees performing internal investigations in response to shareholder
derivative demands. Ms. Damian has also been appointed by the
Court to act as Distribution Agent in Securities matters.
Ms. Damian has represented a number of local and
national developers in real estate and brokerage disputes and
has represented national law firms in a variety of legal malpractice
matters, including those involving
allegations of malpractice in connection with failed advocacy,
failed transactions, and the failure of financial institutions.
Ms. Damian also has substantial experience in
employment litigation,
including representation and counseling on behalf of national
and local companies in discrimination and harassment claims including
Title VII (sex, race, national, origin, religion, and retaliation);
ADEA (age), ADA (disability), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act),
FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act), Section 1981, and the Florida
Civil Rights Act. She also has experience in counseling clients
and litigating issues concerning various employment related issues,
including wage and hour laws, non-competition agreements, theft
of trade secrets, hiring and firing policies, employment agreements,
and employment manuals.
Ms. Damian is AV rated and admitted to practice
in all Florida state courts, as well as the United States District
Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the Eleventh
Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Ms. Damian is a member of the Florida Bar and the Florida Bar's
Business and Labor and Employment Sections. Ms. Damian serves
on the Executive Counsel of The Florida Bar Business Section.
She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the American
Bar Association's Litigation, Business Law, and Labor and Employment
Sections, as well as the Dade County Bar Association. Ms. Damian
is the Chair of the ABA Business Law Section's Women Business
Advocates.
Ms. Damian is a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin (B.A. 1991) and the University of Miami Law School (J.D.
cum laude, 1996) where she was a member of the University of Miami
Law Review. She was also a Fulbright Junior Research Fellow in
Mexico.