Danayit Musse is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins. Danayit recently rejoined Latham after serving as a law clerk for Judge Amit P. Mehta of the District Court for the District of Columbia.
Danayit represents clients in high-stakes antitrust litigation and investigations, and has experience before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. She has experience advising clients on enforcement, compliance, and litigation matters involving potential violations of the False Claims Act (FCA).
Danayit also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in proceedings related to criminal defense and immigration.
Danayit graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as a general editor of the Harvard Civil-Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, and litigated cases in Boston, Massachusetts as a student attorney in the Criminal Justice Institute.
Prior to joining Latham full-time, Danayit was a summer associate in Latham’s Washington, D.C. and San Francisco offices, a law clerk at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and a legal intern at the Capital Appeals Project in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to attending law school, Danayit taught middle school math in Prince Georges County, Maryland.