Justin is an innovative trial attorney with diverse international and domestic experience across dozens of different industries who represents clients in complex civil and criminal government investigations and False Claims Act and other whistleblower-related matters.
Get To Know Justin
Drawing on his background as both public servant and private practitioner, Justin represents clients facing all manner of government investigations, including grand jury investigations, congressional investigations, administrative investigations, regulatory inquiries, False Claims Act/whistleblower investigations, RFIs, civil rights investigations, and Inspectors General investigations.
Prior to joining Woods Rogers, Justin served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Virginia, where he led the Affirmative Civil Enforcement team in managing dozens of active fraud investigations, many of which had parallel criminal investigations under the False Claims Act and various state analog statutes.
Justin also served as the Department of Justice’s Civil Health Care Fraud Coordinator, ACE coordinator, and Civil Rights Coordinator for the Western District of Virginia. Justin was recently recognized by the DEA for his efforts in enforcing the Controlled Substances Act, leading to the largest fine assessed against a hospital system in the United States at the time.
During his time as a federal prosecutor, Justin led investigations involving numerous state and federal agency partners including FBI, DEA, HHS, DCIS, NCIS, DHS, Treasury, IRS, DOE, FDA, DOL, ICE, DOT, CMS, USAC, SBA, NAMFCU, VA MFCU, USDA, USN, ATF, U.S. Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, , USCIS, DCAA, DLA, DOD, DOI, VA DOC, US BOP, FHA, HUD, USPS, TVA, TSA, CBP, and VSP.
Justin started his legal career as an associate at Wilmer Hale in London, where he conducted international investigations in the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Singapore as well as represented several Fortune 100 companies in international commercial arbitrations. Justin returned to Roanoke in 2012 where he practiced as a partner at Gentry Locke before joining the Department of Justice.
A religious studies major in college, Justin has traveled extensively throughout Asia and at one time, lived at a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Upon graduation from law school, he moved to London, UK, where he earned his LLM in International Dispute Resolution (South Asia focus) and was an associate at Wilmer Hale. As an associate in the firm’s International Arbitration Group and Investigations Group, Justin conducted on-site investigations in Geneva, Zurich, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Justin remains an avid fan of Tottenham Hotspur, a professional football club in England’s Premier League. Outside of practicing law, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, preferably outside hiking, camping, snowboarding, mountain biking, and finding any other form of fresh air.
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- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
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