Justin Michael Ellis

Successful amicus briefing at the certiorari and merits stages before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the requirements for diversity jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act

Amicus merits-stage briefing before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the consent exception for warrantless entries under the Fourth Amendment

A foreign central bank in a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the Article III prohibition on “rules of decision”

Successful briefing and argument before the en banc Virginia Court of Appeals and the Virginia Supreme Court on behalf of an appellant who was convicted of summary criminal contempt by the trial court

A credit-ratings agency seeking interlocutory appellate review of a class-certification order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Amicus briefing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit regarding the standard of review of ERISA plan administrator decisions

Representative Complex Civil Litigation Matters

Global financial institutions and investors pursuing multiple RMBS "putback" suits against mortgage originators and other responsible parties in state and federal courts

 

A global financial institution facing multiple regulatory investigations and civil litigation regarding alleged antitrust, Commodities Exchange Act, and securities law violations in connection with the LIBOR price-fixing scandal

 

A movie investor in a successful arbitration hearing before JAMS

 

A subsidiary of a global reinsurer pursuing tort and contract claims in New York Supreme Court involving a complex, multi-year billing-fraud scheme

 

Representative Criminal Defense Matters

A public official under indictment for honest services fraud, Hobbs Act violations, and money laundering in the Southern District of New York

 

An investment advisor under indictment for obstruction of justice and perjury in the Southern District of New York

 

A CDO manager under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding alleged securities-law violations

 

A former government employee under investigation by the Department of Justice regarding alleged misconduct abroad

 

A state prisoner in a Fourth Amendment excessive-force jury trial before the Southern District of New York.