Attorney
Dhamian A. Blue
Dhamian Blue handles all stages of litigation, including trial and appeals, in complex commercial, federal criminal defense, and catastrophic injury cases. He currently serves as a member of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina's Criminal Justice Act panels.
Dhamian began his legal career as an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group of Dickstein Shapiro LLP in Washington, D.C. He routinely represented corporate policyholders against insurance companies, gaining significant experience in claims for environmental liability, products liability, professional malpractice liability, and foreign asset expropriation. After leaving Dickstein Shapiro, Dhamian joined Temple Law Offices, a small civil rights firm in Washington, D.C., where he represented individuals in police misconduct, employment discrimination, and predatory lending cases.
Dhamian graduated from the Duke University School of Law in May 2003, and also earned an A.B. from Duke in 2000. He majored in both Public Policy Studies and Economics.
Dhamian volunteers as a member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Justice Center, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County, and Artsplosure.
Recent Representations
- Currently representing borrowers throughout the United States in a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit arising from Bank of America, NA's alleged failure to properly disclose its purchase of lender paid mortgage insurance while charging its customers for it.
- Won a new sentencing hearing from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of a federal inmate who was improperly sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 268 months under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
- Successfully represented the estates of three inmates who committed suicide while awaiting trial in county jails.
- Won an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association on behalf of the purchaser of a janitorial franchise who claimed that the franchisor intentionally mislead him into spending his life savings to purchase the business.
- Negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of a Raleigh family that paid nearly $700,000 for a newly-constructed home, only to learn after moving in that the foundation was structurally deficient.
- Represented a small family business and its principals who were sued by the Federal Trade Commission and five state Attorneys General for unfair and deceptive trade practices.
- Served as pro bono co-counsel for several citizens who alleged that the Wake County School Board violated the Open Meetings law in the process of abandoning the school system's policy aimed toward maintaining racial diversity in public schools. The Court of Appeals held that the school board violated the Open Meetings law.