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MoloLamken LLP Offices
430 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
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Justin Ellis
Position
Justin Ellis litigates high-stakes business disputes from the filing of a complaint through appeal. He tries cases and argues appeals in federal and state courts, often on complex commercial and financial subjects. He has litigated in every level of the judicial system from state trial courts to the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Ellis has particular experience in bankruptcy, distressed debt, and structured finance litigation, with clients including corporations, hedge funds and asset managers, indenture trustees, family offices, and high net worth individuals.
MoloLamken routinely handles cases with dozens of witnesses, massive document productions, and cutting-edge legal questions. Clients turn to Justin to push these cases through to resolution. And they depend on him to help distill technical, sprawling records into a clear – and compelling – story for trial. Justin regularly works with a wide range of experts, graphics and jury consultants, and lawyers from multiple firms to create a unified and efficient fighting force for the client. Together with the MoloLamken team, he has helped recover over $2 billion in settlements and judgments for clients over the last five years.
Career
Prior to joining MoloLamken, Mr. Ellis was an associate in the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and as a research assistant to the Honorable Richard A. Posner and Professor William Landes.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP is frequently sought out by corporations, hedge funds, private equity firms, investors, inventors, executives, and sovereign entities for a wide range of contentious matters. The firm represents both the plaintiff and defendant, handling business litigation and arbitration, intellectual property litigation, and defense and investigations in white-collar crime. Steven Molo leads from the New York office and is actively involved in several high-volume disputes. Robert Kry in Washington DC provides counsel on topics such as sovereign immunity, arbitration, and the enforcement of arbitral awards. Megan Cunniff Church in Chicago and Justin Ellis in New York are also core members of the team.
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: plaintiff
National litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP is ‘lean and mean’, according to one client who notes that ‘you’re getting the best at every level — from junior associate to partner’. ‘They’re entrepreneurial and creative in devising ways to solve your problems and execute on a legal strategy’, says a client of the complex litigation practice led by Steven Molo in New York, which handles a range of business disputes including IP cases, white-collar defense and investigations, as well as securities litigation. ‘Molo and his other senior partners know that promoting more junior talent is a recipe for success’, hence the strength of emerging partner talent such as Lauren Weinstein in Washington DC, who worked with Molo on a $250m case for U.S. Bank as Trustee of a series of Residential Mortgage Backed Securitization (RMBS) Trusts in New York Supreme Court against various sponsors of mortgage-backed securitizations. New York-based Justin Ellis is a key part of the team representing Contrarian Capital Management LLC in a case against Venezuela regarding the non-payment of sovereign debt obligations. Robert Kry in DC was also involved in a 10b5 trial against a co-founder of Dakota Plains Holdings, securing $40m for the class.
Lawyer Rankings
- Securities litigation: plaintiff United States > Dispute resolution
- General commercial disputes United States > Dispute resolution
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Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: plaintiff
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense