Ms. D’Amora focuses her practice on construction and development litigation. She advises clients regarding delay claims, termination disputes, payment disputes, and surety issues. She also has experience handling bankruptcy issues and insurance claims.

In addition, Ms. D’Amora handles a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters including corporate governance disputes, intellectual property litigation, and civil rights defense.

Representative Matters:

• Successfully obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a state development agency in a wrongful termination claim related to a proposed development on the Camden Waterfront.
• Successfully obtained a defense jury verdict on behalf of a shareholder of a closely held corporation in a dispute regarding the sale of a landfill.
• Obtained a favorable seven figure recovery on behalf of a surety on a construction performance bond in an action against a Pennsylvania public school district. 
• Represented a federal defense contractor related to an intellectual property dispute with its subcontractor in connection with the development of an underwater sonar device.
• Represented general contractor in litigation concerning the construction of Lincoln Financial Field.
• Represented a charitable foundation in resolving a dispute with a filmmaker regarding a commissioned work.

Professional Activities:

• Board of Directors, Homeless Advocacy Project
• Fellow, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry
• Founding Member, Philadelphia Mother Attorney Mentoring Association
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Women in the Profession Report Card Committee

Presentations:

• Coordinator, AACE, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, April 2010
• Panel Member , Young Lawyers Boot Camp, Philadelphia Bar Association, February 2010
• Coordinator, ARRA: Opportunities of Contractors in Challenging Economic Times, General Building Contractors Association, February 2009
• Panel Member, Current Legal Issues Facing the Construction Industry, General Building Contractors Association, March 2007
  

Publications:

• Co-author, "Opening Pandora’s Box : Civil Discovery and Evidence of Wrongdoing," The Legal Intelligencer, October 28, 2009
• Co-author, "The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act: Opportunities for Contractors in Challenging Economic Times," Construction Today, Spring, 2009
• Co-author, "Traps for the Unwary Contractor: Releases in Project Documents," Constructor Magazine, January/February, 2007

Honors and Awards:

• Fellowship Recipient, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Spring 2009
• Volunteer of the Month (February 2010) and Adopt Coordinators Award (October 2009), Homeless Advocacy Project