Justin King

Special Counsel | Miami, United States
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Education

  • Temple University Beasley School of Law, JD, 2015
  • Economics, Boston College, BA, 2012

Justin King is special counsel in the firm’s Miami office. A native of the US Virgin Islands, Justin maintains an international practice concentrated in complex commercial litigation, appellate advocacy and general liability and insurance defense across the United States and the broader Caribbean region.

He has substantial experience handling business torts, contract disputes, shareholder derivative actions, personal injury claims, commercial landlord-tenant litigation, construction disputes and directors and officers (D&O) liability matters. Justin regularly defends corporate directors and officers in a range of high-stakes litigation, including shareholder actions, class actions and claims involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, regulatory noncompliance and cybersecurity-related incidents.

An accomplished appellate practitioner, Justin has submitted briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as to various federal and state appellate courts. He currently represents a significant portion of the London insurance market in litigation pending in the US Virgin Islands and throughout the Caribbean.

Justin previously served as a law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the US Virgin Islands. While in law school, he interned for then-Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet of the US District Court for the District of Delaware and for the New Jersey Public Defender’s Office.

A frequent speaker for the Virgin Islands Bar Association, Justin also presents regularly at legal and industry conferences on emerging legal and economic issues affecting the United States and the Caribbean.

Qualifications and admissions

  • Florida
  • US Virgin Islands
  • US District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
  • US District Court for the Virgin Islands
  • US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • US Supreme Court

Work highlights

  • Served as counsel of record for and assisted in drafting a brief in opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court of the United States, resulting in a denial of the petition. Stormo v. State Nat'l Ins. Co., 145 S. Ct. 1430 (2025).
  • Drafted a brief in opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court of the United States, resulting in denial of the petition. Baloni v. Ranger American of the V.I., Inc., 70 V.I. 1048 (V.I. 2019), denied sub nom. Ranger Am. v. Balboni,__ S.Ct. __, 2019 WL 6689676 (Mem) (U.S. Dec. 9, 2019).
  • Successfully drafted and argued an appeal before the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands which ultimately resulted in an opinion deeming a non-economic damages cap unconstitutional and in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
  • First-chaired a mandatory injunction hearing, which successfully resulted in a commercial tenant being permitted to resume tenancy under an existing lease and to re-open its business during the COVID-19 pandemic. The multi-million-dollar dispute involves separate pending actions: (1) an arbitration relating to contractual and business tort claims between the corporate entities; and (2) a trial court dispute seeking to pierce the corporate veil of the commercial tenant.
  • Granted a post-summary judgment, judgment on the pleadings, in Miami-Dade’s Complex Business Division, in a multi-million-dollar shareholder derivative action brought by a co-manager of an LLC, which sought damages for among other things: breaches of contract and fiduciary duties; and tortious interferences with contract and business relationships.
  • Successfully resolved a dispute in Miami-Dade’s Complex Business Division involving an umbrella holding company of group medical practices suing a multi-billion dollar healthcare enterprise seeking damages for among other things: breaches of contract and fiduciary duties; tortious interferences with contract and business relationship; FDUTPA violations; and conspiracy.
  • Successfully represented homeowners’ association in a federal multi-million dollar dispute against a property manager in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
  • Granted affirmance by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a 2-1 ruling involving forum non conveniens concerns of international clients.
  • Drafted and assisted in drafting numerous briefs currently pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal.

Presentations and publications

  • “Practicing in the US Virgin Islands,” presented for the London Market (February 2020)
  • “Litigating in the Greater Caribbean” presented for the London Market (February 2020)

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