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Justin Ormand

Senior Counsel

New York

Ormand Justin
Justin Ormand

Senior Counsel

New York

Justin is a senior counsel in the litigation group of Allen & Overy's New York office, and focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes.

He has extensive experience representing clients in an array of matters, including securities fraud and bankruptcy litigations, antitrust litigations, contract disputes, and shareholder derivative actions, among others. Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Justin was an associate with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roanne L. Mann of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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Office

New York

1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York
NY 10020

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted to State Bar, New York, 2009

Admitted to United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2013

Academic

J.D., magna cum laude, Brooklyn Law School, 2008

B.M., summa cum laude, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, 2005

Pro-bono experience

  • Represented a domestic violence victim in contested divorce and child custody proceedings through settlement on eve of trial.
  • Represented a victim of police brutality through settlement on the first day of trial.
  • Drafted amicus briefs for non-profit organizations in connection with LGBT rights litigations in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.
  • Represented homeless families in litigation against the City of New York relating to the City's practices and procedures for admission of homeless families to shelter.

Published work

  • “The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations,” Chapter on Parallel Civil Litigation: The U.S. Perspective, Global Investigations Review 2016 (Laura R. Hall, co-author)
  • “Commercial Litigation: International Series," Section of United States (pp. 519-528), Thomson Reuters, Second Edition, September 2015, (Andrew Rhys Davies, co-author)