Justin B. Perri

Attorney

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Justin B. Perri is an attorney in the New York office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Litigation Department.  Mr. Perri plays a lead role as a member of a national defense litigation team managing multi-district asbestos, silica, and welding rod litigation for a Fortune 50 company.  He also serves as counsel for a wide range of corporate and pro bono clients in federal and state appellate courts across the nation.  His practice includes drafting appellate briefs, pleadings, dispositive motions, written discovery, and jury instructions, with a focus on contractual disputes, toxic tort liability, products liability, and other complex civil and constitutional litigation.  Mr. Perri’s cases often involve the interpretation of state and federal statutes and regulations. 

Representative Appellate Victories

• Jones v. Attorney General of U.S., 397 Fed.Appx. 831 (3d Cir. Oct 18, 2010) (reversing the Board of Immigration Appeals because the board did not apply the proper level of deference to the decision of alien’s Immigration Judge)
• Estate of Lois Mancini v. American International Group, Inc., A-3180-08T1 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div., Mar 30, 2010) (affirming grant of summary judgment based on appellants’ repeated failure to comply with discovery order and appellants’ failure to demonstrate that “exceptional circumstances” existed in support of their motion to extend discovery)
• Boccardi Capital Systems, Inc. v. D.E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C., 355 Fed.Appx. 516 (2d Cir. Dec 09, 2009) (affirming dismissal of complaint seeking $68 million for breach of contract in failing to pay appellant his share of profits gained in purchase of stock in casino because confidentiality agreement did not bar respondent’s purchase and sale of stock)
• Simon v. Republic of Iraq, 529 F.3d 1187 (D.C.Cir. Jun 24, 2008) ­(reversing lower court on grounds that neither § 1083 of the National Defense Authorization Act nor President Bush’s waiver under § 1083(d) thereof deprives the courts of jurisdiction over cases brought by former POWs for the torture they endured in captivity at the hands of the Iraqi regime during the 1990–91 Gulf War)
• Koulianos v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 962 So.2d 357 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (affirming dismissal of cases for failure to satisfy Florida’s statute of repose)
• Kish v. A.W. Chesterton Co., 930 So. 2d 704 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) ­(affirming lower court’s holding that Florida’s statute of repose bars fraudulent misrepresentation claims regarding actions that allegedly took place over twelve years ago)

Select News & Events

• Pro Bono Victory in Third Circuit