Damian W Wilmot

Damian Wilmot is the vice president and chief litigation counsel for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he oversees all litigation and disputes including commercial, products and intellectual property litigation worldwide, and also manages investigative and employment matters and the company’s enterprise risk management program. Wilmot previously was assistant general counsel for Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. and a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP. He also was an assistant U.S. Attorney, practiced at another national law firm, and served as a law clerk for the State of Connecticut Supreme Court. From 2009 until 2013, by gubernatorial appointment, Wilmot served on the Judicial Nominating Commission, which evaluates and recommends state judicial candidates. He is a past president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, was an editor for the Boston Bar Journal, and is an active member of the American Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. He has held director positions with many community-based organizations, including the Boston Center for Community and Justice and the Dorchester YMCA, where he served as chair. He serves on the board of overseers for the Boys and Girls Club of Boston and the board of corporators for Eastern Bank Corporation. In 2010, the Boston Business Journal recognized Wilmot as one of Boston’s outstanding business leaders under the age of 40. He is a graduate of Trinity College-Hartford and earned a JD from Suffolk University Law School in 2000.