Damon Shadid

Vice President of Community Outreach | Email Damon

Damon is an attorney for the Schlotzhauer Law Group where he practices in the areas of Criminal Defense and Immigration law. An experienced trial attorney, he has taken over 20 jury trials to verdict in his career. Before joining the Schlotzhauer law group, Damon ran a successful private practice in Oklahoma City where he practiced civil litigation, family law, criminal defense and immigration.

In addition to his legal practice, Damon serves on the board of both the Arab American Legal Association of Washington in which he serves as the community outreach organizer, as well as the Arab American Community Coalition in which he serves as a community organizer.

Throughout his career, Damon has remained extremely active in the community, including participating in the first annual AILA Naturalization Day, the King County Bar Association Family Law Mentor Program, pro bono work with OneAmerica, the Exchange Club for the Prevention of Child Abuse, the Medicine for Peace Project, the Progressive Alliance Foundation, the Red River Democracy Project, the Women’s Shelter and Y.M.C.A. International helping East African refugees gain asylum status in the United States.

Damon was born in Oklahoma City to parents of Lebanese descent. He obtained his law degree from the University of Houston in May 1998 in which he won a scholarship for pro bono civil rights work. He received his B.A., cum laude, in English Literature from the University of Oklahoma.