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(202) 310-5555
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About
Nat Calamis is a trusted business advisor and litigator who focuses his legal practice on trial defense, counseling, and training private companies and other businesses for employment and labor law and business law, and commercial litigation disputes.
Nat represents a wide range of clients including nonprofits, restaurants, independent schools, property management companies, construction companies, trade associations, government contractors, technology companies, professional partnerships, and executives in all types of employment disputes.
As a member of Carr Maloney’s Employment and Labor Law Practice Group, Nat has served as lead counsel in several bench and jury trials and regularly practices before administrative agencies, including the EEOC, state and local EEO agencies, and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). He defends employers in a variety of claims, including common law and statutory claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. He has litigated matters involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (DCHRA), the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the False Claims Act (FCA), the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Maryland, DC, and Virginia wage payment and collection laws, and numerous claims for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. Nat also provides businesses with guidance relating to data protection and privacy regulations, including HIPAA and various state data breach notification statutes.
Nat also represents clients in commercial and business law disputes, including claims of violations of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, defamation, breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, minority shareholder oppression, and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Nat has represented businesses and individuals in numerous temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunction hearings arising from commercial disputes.
Along with Nat’s extensive work with Carr Maloney’s Employment and Labor Law Practice Group, he also counsels various businesses across several industry groups concerning data protection, privacy issues, and claims arising from data breach incidents.
Representative Experience
- Served as lead counsel in successfully bringing minority shareholder oppression and breach of fiduciary duty claims on behlaf of a minority shareholder in a 3 day bench trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County Maryland.
- Defended private educational institution in a two week jury trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland arising out of claims of unlawful retaliation brought by a former executive.
- Served as lead counsel in a three-day hearing before the American Arbitration Association, defending a nonprofit against claims of defamation and breach of contract brought by a former executive.
- Defended a government contractor in a six day jury trial against claims of breach of contract and violation of the District of Columbia Uniform Trade Secrets Act brought by a former employee in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education
Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
J.D.
Boston College
B.A.
Recognition
- Recognized in Best Lawyers in America in the area of Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2023-2024
- Defense Research Institute (DRI) Exceptional Performance Citation 2018-2019
- Recognized on Super Lawyers List, 2018-2023 for Employment and Labor
- Recognized on Super Lawyers Rising Star List in 2014-2015 for Employment Labor
- Recognized on Washingtonian’s Top Lawyers 2021 for Labor and Employment- Defense
Speaking Engagements
- “Emerging Issues in Employment Law”, CLE presentation, November 8, 2023
- “Cyber Insurance Policies vs. Crime Insurance Policies,” PLUS’ Elite Private Yacht Cruise, September 18, 2019
- “EEOC’s ADR Programs: Practical Approaches to Achieving Solutions,” EEOC Training Institute, July 18, 2019
- Employment Practices Liability Insurance, Metropolitan Washington Employment Law Association, March 8, 2023
- “Whistleblowing in the Trump Era: Will The Whistles Sound As Loudly?” D.C. Bar, October 24, 2017
- “Sexual Harrassment Claims in the “Me Too Era”, DCDLA Presentation, September 24, 2021
Admissions
States
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
U.S. District Courts
District of Columbia
District of Maryland
Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
Affiliations
- President, D.C. Defense Lawyers’ Association (DCDLA) (2019-2020)
- The Barristers
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- The Counsellors
- The John Carroll Society