practice areas
practice accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey
honors + affiliations
Fellow, Lawyers Without Borders
Member, American Bar Association
Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, Pennsylvania Bar AssociationMember, Philadelphia Bar Association
Recipient, Certificate of Merit Award for outstanding performance in Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, University of Michigan Law School
bar admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5588
Fax: 215.963.5001
Justin S. Brooks is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Brooks represents employers in a broad array of labor and employment law matters. He has litigated employment discrimination class actions, ERISA matters, unfair competition and trade secrets cases, wage and hour class and collective actions, and single-plaintiff discrimination and harassment cases.
Mr. Brooks joined Morgan Lewis after serving as law clerk to Judge Suzanne B. Conlon of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Prior to his clerkship, he was an associate in the New York office of a prominent international law firm, where he focused on complex commercial, copyright, and trademark litigation.
Mr. Brooks earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 2008, where he received various honors and awards for his academic achievements and served as an editor for the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. During the summer of 2006, he served as a judicial intern to Judge John. E. Sprizzo of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Brooks earned his B.A. in psychology from Emory University in 2005, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.Mr. Brooks is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New York and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
education
- University of Michigan Law School, 2008, J.D., Cum Laude
- Emory University, 2005, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa