Michelle D. Gambino

• Defeated a party seeking to stop the development and construction of a $330 million dollar project in downtown San Diego which was estimated to generate over $3 billion in revenue for the local economy.
• Recently won a dispositive motion against an international real estate developer for breach of its indemnity obligations.
• Secured a summary judgment win and lease forfeiture for a national developer where a tenant was holding up construction and refused to surrender possession.
• Won $31 million dollars in damages for Lord & Taylor LLC in a dispute with White Flint, L.P. in Maryland federal court. In 2015, the award was the largest verdict in the federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland. Lord & Taylor LLC et al. v. White Flint LP, case number 8:13-cv-01912, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Gambino also defended the award on appeal, and the verdict was upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• As co-lead counsel, secured the dismissal of a $120 million dollar claim against one of the largest Fortune 500 financial institutions located in McLean, Virginia, in a dispute in Fairfax, Virginia relating to the construction and development of its headquarters campus.
• Represented client and insurer in a hotly contested wrongful death matter where $20m in damages was sought against Ms. Gambino’s client. After performing methodical discovery and pre-trial motions practice, the claim was resolved.
• Defeated a party seeking to enjoin a national fitness client from continuing to operate in underserved “opportunity zoned” areas.
• Enforced developmental restrictions against a party seeking to alter a shopping center in Maryland which would have destroyed the market value of client’s property and visibility to its commercial complex.
• Recently defended a publicly traded company in a construction dispute alleging over seven years of delay and associated costs in a public works transportation project.
• Secured numerous dismissals of Title VII actions alleging race and retaliation against a municipality. The dismissals were upheld by the Fourth Circuit.
• Kelly v. City of Alexandria, 830 Fed. Appx. 722 (4^th 2020); upholding dismissal of Title VII time barred claims and finding the subsequent complaint was barred by res judicata. develop
• Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. Biomedical Systems Corp., 2018 WL 5811497 (W.D. Tex. 2018); dismissing claim against client and consequential damages sought. Best Medical Int’l., Inc. v. Wells Fargo, Inc., Nos. 2010-10997, 2010-9355, 2010-9414, 2011 Va. Cir. LEXIS 185 (Fairfax Cir. Ct.) (Dec. 2011). Granted client’s plea in bar dismissing the case against Wells Fargo, Inc., after considering the validity of a waiver clause.°
• Fairfax Company of Virginia, LLC v. Samson Realty, LLC, No. CL-2007-1269, 74 Va. Cir. 141 (Fairfax Cir. Ct.) (Sept. 2007); well cited opinion in client’s favor enforcing a jury waiver clause in a commercial lease agreement and setting forth the test on the validity of waivers in Virginia.°
• Weber v. Domel, 48 S.W.3d 435, (Tex. App.—Waco 2001, no pet.). Represented client in the dismissal of negligence and punitive damage award.°
• Ferrer v. Randall’s Food & Drug, Inc., No. 05-01-00070-CV, 2002 WL 922 139 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2002, no pet.). Upheld summary judgment obtained for client on an ERISA matter.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Gambino prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Planning and Zoning Commissioner, City of Georgetown, TX, 2002-2003
• Board Member, City of Georgetown, TX, Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2001-2002

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance, 2022 - 2024
  • Litigation - Real Estate, 2024
• Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers^®, Best Law Firms Edition, "Law Firm of the Year," Real Estate - Litigation, 2017 and 2022
• Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers^®, Best Law Firms Edition, "Law Firm of the Year," Banking & Finance - Litigation, 2017
• Listed, National Law Journal, Top 100 Verdicts in 2015 – Lead Counsel for Lord & Taylor, LLC

• Member, American Bar Association, 2013 to Present
  • Former Vice Chair, Trial Techniques Committee
• Member, Federal Bar Association, 2012 to 2016
• Member, State Bar of Texas, 1999 to Present
  • Member, Litigation Section, 2000 to 2013
  • Member, Construction, 2003 to 2013
  • Member, Employment Section, 2000 to 2009
• Member, Virginia Bar Association, 2005 to Present
  • Member, Litigation Section, 2010 to Present
  • Member, Construction Section, 2010 to Present