Justin focuses his practice on issues relating to debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and creditors' committees in chapter 11 cases.
Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Justin served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Brendan Linehan Shannon, Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. During his clerkship he worked on numerous chapter 11 "mega-cases," including those of energy companies SemCrude, L.P. and VeraSun Energy Corp., manufacturers Fedders North America, Inc. and Motor Coach Industries, and a number of large cases originating in various other business sectors.
He earned his juris doctor from William & Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law in Williamsburg, Virginia. While in law school, Justin served on the Articles Selection Committee of the William & Mary Law Review and worked as a research assistant for Professor Peter A. Alces of the law school and Professor Ned W. Waxman of William & Mary's Mason School of Business. He earned his bachelor of science degree in Economics and Political Science from The Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was editor-in-chief of the FSView & Florida Flambeau, the sixth-highest circulated college newspaper in the nation.
Clerkships
· Honorable Brendan L. Shannon, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware