Damon Wright heads the Advertising & E-Commerce practice. He represents leading brands, direct response advertisers, e-commerce retailers, lead generators, advertising agencies, fulfillment companies, technology companies, and related service providers. For each client, the work can vary but the goal is the same – to protect, strengthen, and add value to their business.
Damon has close, long-term relationships with his clients and understands their business issues and operational challenges. His clients span almost all verticals, including food and beverage, dietary supplements, telehealth, cosmetics, financial publishing, cryptocurrency, fitness, clothing, electronics, toys, home goods, people search, and business coaching. He is relied upon as a trusted advisor on advertising, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, consumer protection law, business agreements, and acquisitions. He is a determined advocate when litigating FTC and state attorney general actions, business disputes, consumer class actions, infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, and other high stakes matters.
In his over twenty-five years of practice, Damon has helped countless clients achieve sustained business growth with legal compliance. He is a regular speaker at industry masterminds, serves as outside general counsel to the Financial Publishers & Media Alliance, and previously served as outside general counsel to the Subscription Trade Association. He hosts the “Rock the Box Party” at Traffic & Conversion Summit every year. He is the only attorney ever to receive an Affy Award awarded at the Affiliate Ball in connection with Affiliate Summit. He is the editor of the E-Commerce Legal Guide, a valuable playbook for any online advertiser.
Admissions
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. Tax Court
Memberships
- General Counsel, Financial Publisher and Media Alliance
- General Counsel, Together We Bake
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Past president, officer, and board member, Northern Virginia Chapter of Federal Bar Association, 2007 - 2015
- Frequently writes and speaks on litigation, trial advocacy, and internet advertising law
Community Involvement
Pro Bono
- Since 2002, has represented Freddie Woods, recently obtaining the reversal of his 1997 capital murder conviction and death sentence
- Since 2019, has represented Taurus Carroll, an intellectually disabled inmate in challenging his 2012 capital murder conviction and death sentence
- Represents Together We Bake, a job-training and personal empowerment program based on a micro-baking business and founded by his wife that helps women in need of a second chance develop employment and life skills
Personal Activities
- An avid music fan, leads a group of friends and clients to the annual South by Southwest music festival
- Manages and plays percussion in Noise in the Basement, a local cover band and three-time winner of Law Rocks – DC, an annual battle of the bands competition
- Plays adult coed soccer throughout the year
- Has a daughter who works in Virginia’s General Assembly, a teenage son at the University of Virginia, and a teenage son at Alexandria City High School