Damon Porter is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham.

Mr. Porter received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and a member of the Order of the Coif. In his final year at Georgetown he drafted briefs in appeals to the D.C. and Eleventh Circuits as a student-attorney in the Appellate Litigation Clinic. He served on the Executive Board for the American Criminal Law Review and as managing editor for the Annual Survey of White Collar Crime.

While an evening student at Georgetown, Mr. Porter served as a vetting Associate with the Office of Presidential Personnel in the administration of President Barack Obama. He later interned for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Porter received his undergraduate degree in economics and political science from the University of Chicago in June 2010.

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center
    magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • BA in Economics & Political Science, University of Chicago