Justin Shur

Practice Areas

Justin Shur, a former senior Justice Department prosecutor, is a partner in MoloLamken’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices. With nearly 25 years of first-chair trial experience, Mr. Shur has earned a national reputation for successfully representing clients in some of the most prominent white collar criminal matters and high-stakes business disputes. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies and other major businesses and organizations around the world and across a broad range of industries. Mr. Shur has also represented individuals in a variety of different fields, including CEOs and other corporate executives, a U.S. Cabinet Secretary, an Ambassador to the United Nations, a real estate mogul, an NFL team official, a tech entrepreneur, a fashion designer, and an Academy Award-winning actor.

Mr. Shur specializes in representing clients in complex and sensitive investigations by prosecutors, regulatory agencies, and congressional committees, often under intense media scrutiny. His representations have included some of the most high-profile matters in recent years and have involved nearly every issue that has been the focus of government enforcement, including alleged violations of federal securities laws, corporate, tax, and accounting fraud, healthcare fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, antitrust violations, False Claims Act violations, money laundering, campaign finance violations, and public corruption.

Career

Prior to joining MoloLamken, Mr. Shur was a highly regarded prosecutor. Mr. Shur served in the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, where he oversaw some of the nation’s most significant fraud and corruption investigations and prosecutions as Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section. In that role, he handled a number of high-profile matters, including the investigation into the activities of lobbyist Jack Abramoff—resulting in the conviction of more than 20 individuals including a U.S. Congressman, and for which Mr. Shur received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. Mr. Shur was also appointed a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia to prosecute one of DOJ’s largest campaign finance fraud cases. Mr. Shur began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan under the legendary Robert Morgenthau.