Over the past several years, Justin has represented banks and other institutional lenders, insurance companies and actuarial firms, in a variety of suits arising out of defaulted and distressed assets and complex financial products, including:

Financial Institution Experience

• Successfully representing a financial services company and its former officers in a securities fraud class action alleging false and misleading statements regarding an IPO of a mortgage insurance business, including allegedly false and misleading statements about the business’s financial health, claims handling practices, and loss reserves.
• Lead trial counsel on behalf of a defendant German bank at the May 2016 jury trial of a $200 million lender liability action.
• A multi-hundred million dollar tax trial in Texas Federal Court in late 2008/early 2009 involving a disputed deduction of losses arising out of the acquisition of a Chinese non-performing loan portfolio.
  

Insurance Experience

• Significant roles in two jury trials involving the World Trade Center property insurance coverage dispute, one of the largest property insurance cases in history (involving claims in excess of $7 billion).
• Representing an insurance carrier in a suit to adjudicate the obligations of a financial institution managing a reference pool of assets underlying a series of credit swap transactions.

Real Estate Experience

• Successfully defending a German bank against a $200 million lender liability suit brought by the developers of a failed construction project in Pennsylvania.
• Achieving a $76 million summary judgment award in March 2010 on behalf of a group of European lenders in a suit in New York federal court against the guarantors of a failed construction project in Florida. HSH Nordbank AG New York Branch v. Swerdlow, 672 F. Supp. 2d 409 (S.D.N.Y. 2009). Justin also argued the case on appeal before the Second Circuit in April 2011, and the judgment was affirmed.
• Achieving a favorable settlement on behalf of a UK bank in a $10 million "lender liability" suit brought by a developer in New York state court.

Healthcare Experience

• Acting as national coordinating counsel on behalf of an actuarial firm against ongoing negligence, fraud and breach of contract actions brought by several state Insurance Commissioners arising out of the firm’s work for state health insurance co-operatives established under the Affordable Care Act.
• A 2003 ERISA wrongful termination action tried in the Southern District of New York.

Intellectual Property Experience

•  A 2006 federal jury trial in which he successfully defended a copyright infringement claim on behalf of prominent recording artists Kanye West and Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges.