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Justin P. Gunter

justin p. gunter

Partner

Atlanta

jgunter@phrd.com

t: (404) 420-4315

f: (404) 522-8409

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Overview

Justin Gunter is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice group. Justin represents clients in a wide range of complex and technical litigation matters, including securities litigation, antitrust litigation, class actions, insurance coverage disputes, and cases arising under the Uniform Commercial Code. Justin’s clients include banks and broker-dealers, as well as clients in the technology, healthcare, and logistics industries. Justin’s strategic approach to litigation ensures that his clients’ interests are proactively protected and advanced in litigation.

Justin represents his clients in courts and arbitral venues across the country, including before the Eleventh Circuit, federal district courts, Georgia state courts, FINRA arbitrations, and AAA arbitrations. Justin recently represented a software developer in securing early summary judgment from an antitrust case before substantial discovery. He also recently represented a national broker-dealer in a two-week-long FINRA arbitration proceeding against allegations of fraudulent wire transfers. Justin’s experience encompasses defending clients against putative or certified class actions, in trials, and on appeal. He recently secured a corporate executive’s dismissal from a putative antitrust class action, defended the owner of a medical practice in a two-week-long state court jury trial, and defended a summary judgment ruling in favor of a broker-dealer client on appeal. Justin leverages his prior information technology experience to advise clients on efficient eDiscovery practices and to represent technology-focused clients including software designers and service providers.

Experience

  • Represented a national broker/dealer client in a series of FINRA arbitrations arising out the departure of multiple employees following the client's sale of its wealth division. The firm filed individual arbitrations to recover amounts owed by the former employees and defended against their various employment-related counterclaims. The firm was successful in recovering over $16 million for the client and defeating more than $17 million in claims against the client.
  • Represented a software client in defense of civil antitrust claim seeking injunctive relief and treble damages. Through an early summary judgment motion and bifurcation of discovery, our strategy succeeded in achieving summary judgement for our client while avoiding costly antitrust discovery.
  • Represented international manufacturing company in recovering amounts owed on unpaid invoices and in defense of defect and warranty claims.
  • Represented a physicians practice in recovering liability insurance benefits for amounts expended in defense of False Claims Act litigation.
  • Represented corporate executive in defense of civil antitrust claims. Our strategy succeeded in dismissing the claims against the executive prior to substantial litigation.
  • Represented national healthcare provider in recovering amounts owed by a self-insured group health plan for services provided to its members.
  • Represented former executive of healthcare start-up company in criminal antitrust investigation.
  • Won a decision from the New York Supreme Court dismissing a $4 million claim against the firm's financial institution client involving the sale of a flexible premium life insurance policy.
  • Represented one of nation's largest insurance brokers in lawsuit against major competitor and disappointed corporate suitor in the Delaware Court of Chancery asserting breach of a Confidentiality Agreement. Our strategy prevented unlawful poaching and allowed the sale transaction to a different competitor to close.
  • Represented a financial advisor in defense of an enforcement proceeding brought by FINRA's Enforcement Department. As a result of the firm's efforts, the client received only a cautionary action letter, which is one of FINRA's least serious enforcement penalties.

Thought Leadership

  • Co-Author, "King v. Kovack Securities Creates Four Key Implications for Transfers of Customers and Registered Representatives of Failed Broker-Dealers," American Bar Association Securities Litigation Journal (January 1, 2023)
  • Client Alert: Sedona Conference Releases the Primer on Social Media, Second Edition Explaining the Value and Challenges of Social Media Discovery in Civil Litigation (February 21, 2019)
  • Note, "Dual Standards for Third-Party Intervenors: Distinguishing Between Public-Law and Private-Law Intervention," 66 Vanderbilt Law Review 645 (2013)

Areas of focus

  • Financial Services
  • Technology
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate Litigation
  • Commercial Disputes
  • Consumer Class & Mass Action Defense
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation
  • Securities
  • Securities Litigation & Arbitration
  • White Collar Criminal Defense

Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., Law and Business Certificate, 2013) Order of the Coif; Vanderbilt Law Review (Managing Editor)
  • William Carey University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2010) President’s Honors

Accolades

  • Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation (2022-2023) and Criminal Defense: White Collar (2022-2023)

Professional affiliations

  • Volunteer Lawyer, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
  • Member, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
  • Member, Atlanta Westside Presbyterian

Admitted to practice

  • Georgia

Clerkship

  • Judge Emmett Ripley Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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