Damian J. Martinez is an Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, resident in the Los Angeles office.
Damian has represented officers and directors of publicly-traded companies in connection with government investigations into stock options practices, insider trading, and tax shelters. He also has represented clients in complex civil disputes involving claims for breach of contract, unfair business practices, and violations of securities law. In the past year, Damian also has represented a client in a business dispute with a Colombian-based telecommunications company.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Damian was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor, he tried ten federal trials to completion, including merchant fraud, complex money laundering, and international narcotics trafficking cases. Damian conducted a broad range of successful investigations. He was responsible for handling international matters in federal court, including responding to requests from foreign nations and the U.S. State Department to extradite fugitives to answer for crimes committed abroad. As a prosecutor, Damiana also briefed and argued numerous appeals before the Ninth Circuit.
Before working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Damian served as a law clerk in the Central District of California and worked as an associate at a Los Angeles-based law firm.