Justin provides restructuring advice to companies and financial institutions. Justin has assisted corporate borrowers, lenders, private equity and hedge funds, and fintech and financial services companies in a variety of distressed transactions involving mortgages, asset based facilities, unsecured loans, bankruptcy claims, class action claims, and numerous other types of distressed assets and debt. Chambers USA quotes clients who say, "He is always responsive, efficient and effective when negotiating documents."

Justin brings a unique and innovative perspective to negotiating transactions and providing restructuring advice due to his experience litigating creditor rights matters in and outside of bankruptcy court and representing parties in complex chapter 11 proceedings. He is a frequent author of articles on topics relevant to clients that engage in distressed transactions, having been published in the ABI Journal, Banking Law Journal, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, and Texas Lawbook.

Prior to entering private practice, Justin clerked for the Honorable Robert G. Mayer, US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Richmond School of Law, magna cum laude, 2008

MBA, University of Richmond, Robins School of Business, 2008

BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003

• Regularly represents debtors, including public and private companies, secured and unsecured creditors, equity interests, and trustees in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies, SIPA proceedings, and out-of-court restructurings. 
• Regularly represents purchasers and sellers of bankruptcy claims, including swap termination and other derivative contract claims, in recourse and non-recourse assignments and participations, including the negotiation of disallowance, hold back, excess claim, and other risk allocation provisions.
• Regularly provides legal opinions for corporate and real estate finance, asset securitization, and other capital market transactions.

• Member, Virginia Bar Association
• Member, Bar Association of the City of Richmond
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member, Turnaround Management Association
• Member, Builder’s Council, Habitat for Humanity, Richmond Chapter

• Named as an “Associate to Watch” for Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Virginia, Chambers USA, 2015–2017
• Selected as a Rising Star for Bankruptcy, Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine, 2015–2017. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Super Lawyers’ webpage

• Secured Lender’s Credit-Bid Capped in Free Lance-Star, ABI Journal
• Second Circuit Issues Ruling Regarding Determination of a Debtor’s Center of Main Interest Under Chapter 15, The Banking Law Journal
• How Ch. 11 Ruling Ends War Between National, Local Rates, Law360
• Analysis: How New Bankruptcy Rules Will Impact Financial Institutions, Texas Lawbook
• Bankruptcy Court Disallows Secured Lender’s Post-Petition Legal Fees for “Policing” Chapter 11 Case, Journal of Bankruptcy Law
• 2020 Retail Industry Year in Review
• In re National Fish: Keeping Your D&O Insurer on the Hook in Chapter 7, Business Law Today
• Ethical Duty to Defend Judiciary’s Integrity: A Social Media Focus, ABI Journal
• Ch. 13 Ruling Issues Warning To Mortgage Servicers, Law360
• Chapter 11 Debtors Could Recoup Some US Trustee Fees, Law360
• The Return of Valley Media: Application of Pleading Requirements Under Twombly and Iqbal to Avoidance Actions in Bankruptcy, NABTalk
• Mortgage Reaffirmation Agreements, Credit Reporting, and the Discharge Injunction: Recent Bankruptcy Court Decision Reveals Underlying Tensions, Journal of Bankruptcy Law
• The Divide Between Courts On Ch. 11 Trustee Fees, Law360
• Nevada Bankruptcy Court Circumvents Midland Funding LLC v. Johnson by Awarding Attorneys’ Fees to Debtor, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law
• FTX Proceedings Highlight D&O Issues Amid Bankruptcy, Law360
• Retail Ruling Clarifies Attorney Fees For Large Ch. 11 Cases, Law360
• Sailing Without A Headwind: Structured Lending Market Embraces Bankruptcy Safe-Harbor Provisions, INSOL Electronic Newsletter
• Selling a Bankruptcy Claim: Understanding Repurchase Provisions, ABI Journal
• Seller’s Remorse? U.S. Second Circuit Opens Door to Voiding BVI Liquidator’s Sale of $230 Million Madoff Claim, INSOL International Newsletter
• Second Circuit Upholds the Designation of Claim Purchaser's Vote on DBSD Plan, Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law
• Chapter 11 provides flexibility for distressed retailers to preserve value during global pandemic, Thomson Reuters Westlaw
• Bankruptcy and D&O Insurance: 10 Issues to Consider One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Business Law Today
• US Supreme Court Narrowly Holds that Filing of Time-Barred Proof of Claim Does Not Violate FDCPA, But Leaves Door Open to Application of the Act in Other Circumstances, Banking Law Journal