Bio

Justin Elegant is an accomplished civil trial and appellate lawyer. He is a former Co-Manager of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Team. For more than 25 years, Justin has practiced complex civil litigation in Florida's state and federal courts. In addition, he has successfully litigated multifaceted cases both nationally and internationally. Justin has consistently prevailed on behalf of individual and corporate clients by prosecuting and defending statutory and common law business claims in state and federal courts as well as before arbitration tribunals. His thorough preparation and attention to detail have steadily brought favorable results for the firm's clients pretrial with lucrative settlements, at trial and on appeal. Such achievements include: securing a $36 million settlement in litigation between publicly traded insurance companies; successfully defending a global IT services provider in a “bet the company” dispute with over $100 million at stake; winning at bench trial and on appeal in an intricate Star Island boundary conflict in Miami Beach; and obtaining a $7 million dollar FINRA arbitration award for an NBA hall of fame player in Texas. Justin also has extensive experience handling domestic and foreign judgment enforcement cases and related cross-border matters. Sample results include: securing a $15 million dollar post-judgment settlement against a Colombian entity on behalf of a multibillion-dollar U.S. pharmaceutical company; domesticating and collecting on a New York judgment for a global Swiss Bank by exposing fraudulent transfers and related unlawful conduct; and receiving expedited discovery, despite strong opposition, in federal court for a BVI corporation under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in high-stakes litigation involving a Guatemalan oil business pending in the United Kingdom. Proudly, Justin is also very committed to performing charitable work in the community. He has founded, and for decades supported, organizations that have provided mentoring and educational opportunities for students and children. Justin is also an honored fundraiser and volunteer at The Caring Place (once the Miami Rescue Mission) to combat homelessness. He lives on Miami Beach with his wife and two sons.