Justin is a partner in the Vorys Cleveland office and a member of the litigation group. He counsels clients on white collar crime and government enforcement issues including grand jury investigations, SEC enforcement actions, IRS investigations and whistleblower complaints. He has significant experience in securities fraud litigation including: accounting fraud, insider trading, stock option backdating, market manipulation, broker self-dealing, investment adviser fraud and matters arising out of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Justin also assists clients with internal investigations and crisis management issues.

In addition, Justin has experience on cases related to health care fraud, antitrust, theft of trade secrets and economic espionage, state and local corruption, campaign finance violations, environmental offenses, aggravated identity theft and labor union corruption.

Prior to joining Vorys, Justin served for over 10 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the major fraud and corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. During this time, he tried significant matters involving investment adviser fraud, false certifications in government contracts, tax evasion and corruption involving a sitting state court judge. He has argued a dozen cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeal for both the Sixth and Ninth Circuits. Before working in the Northern District of Ohio, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the white collar and economic crimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada where he focused on securities and corporate fraud. Prior to that, Justin worked as an associate in the Corporate Criminal Investigations section of an international law firm in Washington, D.C.

Justin has lectured on white collar crime matters at Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Case Western Reserve School of Law. He has published articles on internet law and securities fraud and worked with the U.S. Attorney in establishing the Northeast Ohio Business Ethics Coalition. He received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the second highest honor in the Department of Justice, for his part of the work involving public corruption in Cuyahoga County. He has received multiple commendations from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his work on matters including a major market manipulation case that resulted in the conviction of two stockbrokers and their client, a theft of trade secrets matter that resulted in the conviction of the U.S. subsidiary of a South African company and for the successful corruption trial of a Regional Transit Authority Construction Manager. Justin received a commendation from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for his work involving a major Ponzi scheme run by an area minister and the IRS Award of Excellence.