About me
In November 2023, President Biden nominated Judge Damian to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 4, 2024, and was sworn in the following day. She filled the vacancy left following the retirement of Judge Ursula Ungaro, for whom Judge Damian clerked. She handles cases in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach.
Judge Damian earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1990 and her law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1995. She is a South Florida native and grew up in Coral Gables.
Before she was sworn in as a District Judge, Judge Damian served as a Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Florida since January 2022. From 2010 until taking the bench, Judge Damian practiced law in private practice, specializing in civil appeals and complex federal litigation, most recently as Of Counsel to the law firm Damian & Valori, Culmo Trial Partners in Miami, and, prior to that, as appellate counsel for the Ferraro Law Firm, specializing in product liability appeals. From 1999 to 2010, Judge Damian was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, most recently serving in the National Security Section where she earned the Attorney General’s Award for her work on matters of national security. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Damian was an associate with the law firm Kenny Nachwalter in Miami, where she specialized in securities litigation. From 1995 to 1997, Judge Damian served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ursula Ungaro in for the Southern District of Florida.
Judge Damian has been active in numerous voluntary bar organizations, including leadership positions with the Florida Bar Federal Court Practice Committee and Business Law Section and the American Bar Association Business Law Section. She has also been actively involved in the Federal Bar Association and the Miami Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, among other organizations. Judge Damian frequently speaks on legal topics throughout the country with a focus on fostering good trial and litigation skills and professionalism in the practice of law. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law.
Judge Damian spends most of her free time with her two children and traveling.
