Donald Scaramastra

Don Scaramastra helps businesses—especially those in maritime, fisheries, and transportation sectors—resolve disputes that implicate a variety of high-cost, high value projects, be it a multi-billion-dollar Superfund cleanup or accidental damage to a line of ocean-going vessels. Don is no stranger to courtrooms up and down the West Coast, where he has successfully represented clients in pre-trial, trial, and appellate proceedings. But he takes special pride whenever he guides a client through a sea of troubles to a safe harbor, tapping tens of millions of dollars in insurance policies or other proceeds along the way, and all the while avoiding resource-intensive litigation.

Don’s litigation and trial experience extends beyond insurance matters and includes claims that arise from alleged violations of antitrust and environmental cleanup laws as well as a variety of business transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate transfers, and contract breaches.

A passionate believer in the power and obligation of lawyers to give back to their communities, Don devotes part of his practice to pro bono work. This work has included impact litigation to protect the constitutional rights of foster children to a safe home, to defend the procedural protections that ensure a fair trial for those accused of crimes, and to restore drivers licenses to impoverished individuals who lose those licenses simply because they were too poor to pay a traffic fine.