Darin Dalmat joined James & Hoffman as an Associate in June 2008. Prior to joining the firm, he worked as a Fellow in the legal department of the Service Employees International Union, where he advocated for janitors, security guards, and workers at assisted living facilities. Mr. Dalmat received his JD from Columbia Law School in 2006, where he was both a James Kent and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While in law school, Mr. Dalmat worked with Morningside Heights Legal Services, where he helped prisoners win parole and reduced sentences; the Brennan Center for Justice, where he helped successfully defend a cutting-edge citywide minimum wage law in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the ACLU Voting Rights Project, where he helped litigate cases under the Voting Rights Act; and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he helped draft reports to Congress on the state of voting rights in Louisiana. He also served as Articles Editor for the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, which published his piece, Bringing Economic Justice Closer to Home: The Legal Viability of Local Minimum Wage Laws Under Home Rule, 39 Colum. J. L. & Soc. Probs. 93 (2005). In 2001, Mr. Dalmat graduated magna cum laude from Yale University. He is a member of the Bars of New York and of the District of Columbia.
dmdalmat@jamhoff.com
