Armand Derfner
Partner
Armand Derfner is a nationally renowned civil rights attorney. He has argued and won five cases before the Supreme Court of the
United States, and is frequently asked to testify before congressional committees about voting rights legislation, most recently
during the 2006 debate to renew the Voting Rights Act.
In the late 1960s, Armand began his career in Mississippi and at the frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement. Since coming to
South Carolina in the early 1970s, Armand has been at the forefront of major state and local civil and voting rights struggles,
and has advocated numerous equal rights cases throughout the country. Most recently, Armand has been honored for the successful
suit to outlaw at-large elections for Charleston County Council. He was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by Trial Lawyers for Public
Justice for a suit to equalize Mississippi's treatment of its historically black public colleges.
Today, Armand is a litigator specializing in class actions, especially in the areas of labor, employment, and consumer law.
Armand is a 1960 graduate of Princeton University, a 1963 graduate of Yale Law School, and a former clerk for the late Chief Judge
David Bazelon of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Armand's interests include baseball and travel.
aderfner@dawlegal.com
