Denise V. Zamore

Associate

Denise Zamore is an associate in the Firm's Hartford office where her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. Ms. Zamore has litigated cases in federal and state courts throughout the country.  She has successfully defended companies, including Fortune 50 corporations, in complex litigations and nationwide class action.

Ms. Zamore also represents clients in domestic and international arbitrations and mediations before such alternative dispute resolution providers as the American Arbitration Association.

She served as an integral part of the successful trial defense team in a nationwide class action brought on behalf of a Fortune 50 oil corporation’s nationwide dealers. She also played an integral role in of one of the largest class action/multi-district litigation (“MDL”) proceedings involving a class of approximately 500,000 physicians alleging claims for violations of, among other things, RICO, ERISA and state prompt pay statutes.  

Ms. Zamore led a small team of associates as counsel for plaintiff on a §1983 pro bono medical indifference matter in federal court.  With aggressive discovery, private mediation and extensive negotiations, she successfully obtained a settlement for her client.

Ms. Zamore also represented a Fortune 50 financial corporation and its affiliate in an arbitration brought against her client for breach of contract and fiduciary duty arising from a commercial real estate development in Florida.  After a full evidentiary hearing, her team successfully obtained an award rejecting all of the claims brought against Lehman and granting it attorney’s fees, expenses and costs incurred in the matter.

She served as part of a team of attorneys that defended a major insurance company against an action alleging breach of contract, fraudulent transfer, constructive trust, unjust enrichment, conspiracy to commit breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and claiming over $450 million in damages. 

Ms. Zamore has also conducted internal investigations for corporations, boards of directors, and special litigation committees.

Ms. Zamore is an active member of her community and has been involved in various pro bono matters.  She is a member of The Junior League, is a Big Brothers, Big Sisters volunteer and represents children on a pro bono basis as a volunteer with Lawyers for Children. 

Noteworthy

• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Earl Warren Legal Training Scholar, 1996-1999

Clerkships

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Donald L. Graham, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2002-2004

Bar & Court Admissions

• Connecticut
• New York
• Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Education

• Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1999 J.D.
• Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1996 B.A.