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Justin M. Sher
E-mail: justin.sher@sherllp.com | Tel: 212.202.2600 | Add to Outlook
Justin M. Sher is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sher LLP. He represents executives, entrepreneurs, public officials and businesses of all sizes in complex commercial disputes, white collar criminal matters and regulatory investigations. Mr. Sher has handled criminal and regulatory matters involving allegations of insider trading, market manipulation, government corruption, accounting fraud, antitrust violations and tax fraud. In the civil context, Mr. Sher has represented clients in high-stakes litigation relating to complex contract disputes, claims of breach of fiduciary duty and allegations of securities fraud.
Mr. Sher has served as lead counsel in multiple trials and regularly represents clients in federal and state courts, in arbitration proceedings, and before regulatory bodies and governmental agencies, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service.
Mr. Sher graduated from Harvard College with honors with a degree in Social Studies. Following his graduation, Mr. Sher worked for the Frauds Bureau of the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where he analyzed complex facts for high-profile white collar grand jury investigations and criminal prosecutions. Mr. Sher received his law degree, also with honors, from New York University, where he served as Staff Editor for NYU’s Journal of Legislation and Public Policy and as a member of the Federal Defender Clinic.
Mr. Sher clerked for the Honorable George B. Daniels in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Following his clerkship, Mr. Sher was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he represented Fortune 500 companies in high-profile white collar criminal prosecutions, regulatory inquiries, antitrust investigations and securities litigation. While at Davis Polk, Mr. Sher served as a Special Assistant District Attorney for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Sher subsequently worked for two elite litigation boutiques, Kobre & Kim LLP and Arkin Kaplan Rice LLP, before founding Sher LLP.
Mr. Sher is admitted to practice in New York State, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Sher has also appeared on behalf of clients in courts throughout the country, including California, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Mr. Sher is an active member of various professional organizations, including the Committee on White Collar Criminal Litigation of the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Affairs Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.