Justin served as trial counsel for Kent Thiry, the former CEO of DaVita, Inc., in the landmark acquittal in the first ever criminal “no-poach” market allocation case. This case was the first criminal trial of its kind in the Antitrust Division’s efforts to prosecute certain labor market antitrust issues. Following an eight-day jury trial and two days of deliberation, a jury acquitted Thiry and DaVita on all counts.

Prior to joining McDermott, Justin served as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Criminal Antitrust Division. At DOJ, Justin investigated and prosecuted regional, domestic and international cartel cases, as well as procurement fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and obstruction matters. Justin was selected as one out of a handful of prosecutors to lead the DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF). He was also a CHIP (Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property prosecutor) for the Antitrust Division, where he assisted and advised Division attorneys on complex digital evidence and data privacy issues. In addition, Justin has substantial experience working with corporate leniency applicants, including several of the largest and most recent criminal investigations.

Justin has substantial experience in e-discovery and privacy related issues in government investigations and criminal matters, including on electronic discovery issues, the use of technology-assisted review and computer forensics as investigative tools, and negotiating with government investigators.

Justin is active in Bar activities, including serving as the chair of the Editorial Board of the ABA Criminal Justice Section Magazine. He is also a member of the ABA’s White Collar Crime and Cartel and Criminal Practice subcommittees and was previously a co-chair of the ABA Spring Meeting. Justin is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the Sedona Conference. Justin has also written extensively and has also lectured and taught regularly on important aspects of government investigations and criminal matters.

Justin received his BA in history and government from Claremont McKenna College in 1995. He earned his JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001, where he served as an editor on the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics and worked in the Georgetown Domestic Violence Clinic. Before attending law school, Justin worked as a production assistant for “The George Michael Sports Machine.”

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• Representation of pharmaceutical company in government cartel investigation*
• Representation of international corporation in parallel civil and criminal False Claims Act investigation*
• Representation of company relating to cyber-security incidents*
• Representation of corporation in multi-year investigation by Department of Justice and EU for price fixing*
• Representation of current and former executives of public corporation in internal and Department of Justice FCPA investigation*
• Representation of corporation in connection with Department of Justice public corruption investigation*
• Representation of CFO of public corporation in SEC accounting and disclosure investigation and subsequent SEC litigation*
• Conducted internal corporate investigation for Fortune 100 company*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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• Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Criminal), US Attorney’s Award, 2020
• Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Criminal), Special DOJ Commendation Award for work on Elder Justice Initiative, 2020

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