From the courtroom to the boardroom: Damian Conforti draws from decades of trial experience to provide strategic guidance to executives facing complex legal and operational challenges.

Damian brings the unique perspective of a former prosecutor to his role as corporate counsel to various closely held and publicly traded companies. He seamlessly blends dispute resolution skills with corporate strategy to deliver real-time solutions to company leaders tasked with addressing critical governance issues. Over the past 20+ years, he has successfully litigated in the court room all types of complex commercial disputes, including those involving real estate claims, bank and wire fraud, unlawful employment practices, oppressed shareholder claims, and shareholder derivative actions. Damian also routinely advises corporate leadership on a multitude of legal issues, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, internal investigations and other operational issues. 

Areas of Practice —

Admissions —

  • State of New Jersey
  • State of New York
  • United States District Court, District of New Jersey
  • United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education —

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.
  • Boston College, B.A.

Awards —

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  • The Best Lawyers in America® list (since 2020)
  • New Jersey “Super Lawyers” list in litigation (since 2001)

Professional Affiliations —

  • New York City Hospitality Alliance
  • New York City Bar Association, Hospitality Law Committee
  • New Jersey Restaurant and Hospitality Association

Publications —

Notable Achievements —

These stories are successful case results from our attorneys. Please note that results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

  • Secured $19.5 Million Loan refinance for office and hotel center in Edison, New Jersey
  • Negotiated $75 million loan for real estate conglomerate
  • Served as lead defense counsel for a municipality and its commissioners accused of constitutional and civil rights violations in a federal district court trial.
  • Secured a FINRA no-action letter for a broker-dealer accused of improper solicitation and unauthorized investment activity.
  • Achieved the withdrawal of tax evasion and federal program fraud charges against the founder of a non-profit agency.
  • Obtained a dismissal of behalf of a client accused of accounting malpractice and ethical violations by New Jersey’s State Board of Accountancy.
  • Successfully defended a chiropractor and proprietor of a pain management practice investigated by the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
  • Led a team of former law enforcement officers in the internal investigation resulting in the removal of a corporate officer from a closely-held textile distribution company for misappropriation of company funds and materials.
  • Successfully defended an executive of a closely-held company from federal allegations of kickbacks, bribery and honest services fraud in connection with the executive’s procurement of IT staffing contracts with a publicly-traded company.
  • Negotiated the dismissal of federal criminal complaint alleging health care claims fraud and honest services fraud against physician and health care practice.
  • Obtained dismissal of all insurance fraud charges referred to Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor on behalf of a pain management physician.