Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
c/o Damon Hart
10 St. James Ave, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
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Leadership
PRESIDENT
DAMON HART, Esq.
PARTNER
Holland & Knight, LLP
10 St. James Place, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
Email: damon.hart@hklaw.com
PRESIDENT-ELECT
DOUGLAS MARTIN, Esq.
Associate
McKenzie & Associates, PC
Email: dmartin@mckenzielawpc.com
VICE-PRESIDENT
DAMIAN W. WILMOT, Esq.
Associate
Goodwin Procter, LLP
Email: dwilmot@goodwinprocter.com
TREASURER
ANGELA McCONNEY, Esq.
General Counsel
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Email: angela.mcconney@state.ma.us
SECRETARY
DOMINIC BLUE, Esq.
Associate
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Email: dblue@eapdlaw.com
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
NIKIKI T. BOGLE, Esq.
Managing Partner
Bogle & Chang, LLC
Email: ntb@boglechang.com
DIRECTOR
Western Mass Representative
CHARLES GROCE, III, Esq.
Principal Attorney
Law Offices of Charles Groce
Email: CG3ESQ@aol.com
DIRECTOR
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Representative
OGOR WINNIE OKOYE, Esq.
Principal Attorney
Winnie Law Offices
Email: attorneyowo@winnielawoffices.com
DIRECTOR
ROBERT COOPER, Esq.
Vice President/Senior Counsel
OneUnited Bank
DIRECTOR
ANGEL KELLEY BROWN, Esq.
Assistant United States Attorney
U.S. Attorney's Office
DIRECTOR
DONALD LaROCHE, Esq.
Judicial Law Clerk
U.S. District Court for District of Massachusetts
EXECUTIVE TEAM BIOGRAPHIES
PRESIDENT-ELECT
DOUGLAS MARTIN received his Bachelor’s degree in 1993 in political science from the University’s of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, where he served as a political commentator for the university newspaper, The Leader. Following graduation, he was hired as an instructor and later appointed co-Director by Marquette University in the Criminology and Law Studies Department.
He left teaching to work on the Governor of Wisconsin’s Central City Initiative Program as a counselor and motivational speaker for one year. In 1995, he joined the United States Attorney’s Office in Milwaukee , Wisconsin as the Coordinator for the Victim Witness Law Enforcement Program, a position he held for four years. He was responsible for coordinating and developing various programs in federal drug cases, as well as conducting statistical research and compiling information for his office and federal agents (FBI, ATF and DEA). During this tenure in the U.S. Attorney’s office, he received letters of commendations from former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno in recognition of his work.
In 2002, he received his law degree from the Massachusetts School of Law, where he was elected President of the Black Law Students Association. Upon graduation, he clerked for Attorney Gordon E. Feener on federal cases during the summer of 2002, and from 2003 until 2006, served first as a judicial intern, special Deputy Assistant, and later law clerk for The Honorable Frederick L. Brown of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
In 2006, Attorney Martin left the Appeals Court to become an Assistant District Attorney in the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he represented the Commonwealth in Criminal District Court and Juvenile cases, managing a large caseload and specializing in discovery production, pre-trial conferences, pleas and trial preparation for bench and jury trials. He joined McKenzie and Associates on October 1, 2007.
Attorney Martin has been a Board member of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association since 2006. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and an At-Large Director for its Young Lawyers Division. Appointed to the Internal Diversity Committee by Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone in 2006, since his departure he continues to serve as an External Diversity Committee member.
Attorney Martin’s practice includes business, civil, and commercial litigation, and probate and family law.
VICE PRESIDENT
DAMIAN WILMOT is an associate in Goodwin Procter's Litigation Department. Mr. Wilmot concentrates his practice on general commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense, and governmental and internal investigations. He also represents employers in all phases of employment-related litigation. Mr. Wilmot joined Goodwin Procter in 2006.
While attending law school, Mr. Wilmot was a staff member and Productions Editor of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review.
Before joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Wilmot was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. As an AUSA, he represented the federal government in civil and criminal actions and investigations brought to enforce federal regulatory requirements and to recover damages against companies or individuals (e.g., independent clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, ambulance service providers, doctors, and other medical providers) who submitted false claims to or committed fraud against the government.
Mr. Wilmot also represented the federal government and its agencies in all phases of litigation in the U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals in various civil suits brought against the government, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation, suits asserted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, challenges to agency actions under the Administrative Procedure Act, and the defense of government officials sued in their individual capacities. Prior to serving as an AUSA, he was an associate with Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Boston. Before that, Mr. Wilmot clerked for Justice Christine Vertefeuille on the State of Connecticut Supreme Court.
Mr. Wilmot is a member of the American Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the Suffolk University Law School Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Boston Leadership Development Foundation Board of Directors and the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office Diversity Committee. Previously, Mr. Wilmot served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Dorchester, Massachusetts YMCA from 2004 to 2006; a Governing Board Member of the Disability Law Center from 2003 to 2004; and as the President of the Trinity College Black Alumni Organization from 2002 to 2006.
Mr. Wilmot is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and before the U.S. District Court for the Districts of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
While in law school, Mr. Wilmot received the Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Leadership Ability from the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference. He also received the 2005 Outstanding BLSA Alumnus Award from the Black Law Student Association, Suffolk University Law School Chapter.
J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 2000
B.A., Trinity College, 1997
TREASURER
ANGELA McCONNEY is General Counsel for the Massachusetts Civil Service Commision. Prior to that, she was an Assistant District Attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
SECRETARY
DOMINIC BLUE is an associate at the law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, where he practices corporate law with a particular emphasis on venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity fund formation and general corporate representation. In addition, Mr. Blue is an adjunct professor at Boston College where he teaches business law.
Prior to joining the Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Mr. Blue was an associate in the business practice group of Testa Hurwitz & Tibeault, LLP. During law school, Mr. Blue clerked for the Boston Housing Authority, worked as a substitute teacher for Boston Public Schools and coached wrestling at a private school in Boston.
Mr. Blue serves as a volunteer for Big Brothers of Mass Bay. Mr. Blue also volunteers for the Rodman Ride for Kids and remains actively involved with his alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross.
In addition to earning his B.A. from Holy Cross, Mr. Blue earned is MBA from the Carroll School of Management (Boston College) and JD from Boston College Law School.
Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
c/o Damon Hart
10 St. James Ave, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
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