Damian Wilmot is an associate in the firm’s Litigation Department. Mr. Wilmot concentrates his practice on general commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense, and governmental and internal investigations. He also represents employers in all phases of employment-related litigation. Mr. Wilmot joined Goodwin Procter in 2006.

Professional Activities

Mr. Wilmot currently serves as the vice president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association. He holds director positions with Suffolk University Law School Alumni Association, New England Prison Ministries, the Leadership Development Foundation (also treasurer) and the Boston Center for Community and Justice. Mr. Wilmot also serves on the Grant Review Committee for the Massachusetts Bar Foundation; the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office Diversity Committee; the Public Policy Sub-Committee for the Criminal Section Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association; the White Collar Crime Section Steering Committee of the ABA; and the Boston Bar Journal Board of Editors.

Previously, Mr. Wilmot served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Dorchester, Massachusetts YMCA from 2004 to 2006; a Governing Board Member of the Disability Law Center from 2003 to 2004; and as the President of the Trinity College Black Alumni Organization from 2002 to 2006.

Publications/Presentations

While attending law school, Mr. Wilmot was a staff member and Productions Editor of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review.

Professional Experience

Before joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Wilmot was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. As an AUSA, he represented the federal government in civil and criminal actions and investigations brought to enforce federal regulatory requirements and to recover damages against companies or individuals (e.g., independent clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, ambulance service providers, doctors, and other medical providers) who submitted false claims to or committed fraud against the government.

Mr. Wilmot also represented the federal government and its agencies in all phases of litigation in the U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals in various civil suits brought against the government, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation, suits asserted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, challenges to agency actions under the Administrative Procedure Act, and the defense of government officials sued in their individual capacities. Prior to serving as an AUSA, he was an associate with Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Boston. Before that, Mr. Wilmot clerked for Justice Christine Vertefeuille on the State of Connecticut Supreme Court.

Bar and Court Admissions

Mr. Wilmot is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and before the U.S. District Court for the Districts of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Honors and Awards

While in law school, Mr. Wilmot received the Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Leadership Ability from the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference. He also received the 2005 Outstanding BLSA Alumnus Award from the Black Law Student Association, Suffolk University Law School Chapter.

Education

J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 2000
B.A., Trinity College, 1997