Damali Peterman
Author, Lawyer, and Educator
Damali Peterman brings over twenty years of experience as a mediator, conflict resolution trainer, entrepreneur, and corporate transactional lawyer in private and in-house practice. Damali is highly regarded for her use of innovative and engaging techniques designed to assist companies, universities, nonprofits, government agencies and individuals prevent, manage, and resolve conflict.
Before starting her own two award-winning companies, Damali was a private equity and mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Weil, Gotshal and Manges and Assistant General Counsel at Deloitte. She is a highly sought-after speaker, trainer, and conflict resolution expert who has been likened to Olivia Pope aka Judy A. Smith on many occasions.
She is a graduate of Spelman College and Howard University School of Law, where she has taught a course on facilitated negotiations for the past 4 years. Damali also has a Masters Degree in International Studies and was an exchange student in Mexico, Denmark, Japan and The Netherlands.
Damali’s book, Negotiating While Black: Be Who You Are to Get What You Want was acquired at auction in the US by Penguin Random House and in the UK by Bonnier Books. Her book has distribution in 75 countries. It was just published on June 4th and already:
- Her image and book cover has been on the Nasdaq Billboard in Times Square for 6 days.
- Is a Top New Release and was voted Best in Nonfiction for the month of June by Amazon editors.
- Ebony Magazine included her book in a list of Black Authors to Dive into this June.
- Essence Magazine said 1 of 15 books to read this summer. She has also been interviewed by Oprah Daily and other media outlets. - And the reviews are pouring in and they are stellar:
o One reviewer said that “Damali is in the vein of Ta-Nehisi Coates and her book will have an impact on the dispute resolution field as Between the World and Me has on the literary world.”
o Another reviewer said it is a “transformative must-read for ALL…it is a groundbreaking masterpiece that transcends conventional negotiation literature.”
Damali is a member of The Links, Incorporated, Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated and Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated.
Damali lives in upstate NY with her husband, two sons and dog.
Fun facts: She has traveled to 49 states, over 50 countries across 6 continents and she is currently writing a rom com tv series based on her book.