J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 2008

Certificate in International Law, with honors
Executive Editor, Articles & Notes Editor, Journal of Transnational Law and Policy

B.A., Political Science, University of Florida, 2005

B.S., Journalism, University of Florida, 2005

A.A., Santa Fe Community College (now Santa Fe College), 2002

BAR MEMBERSHIPS: 

American Bar Association (Forum on Communications Law, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, Section of International Law), Hillsborough County Bar Association

Florida state courts

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

PUBLICATIONS AND WRITING: 

Recent Development, “Rachel’s Law” Wraps New York’s Long-Arm Around Libel Tourists; Will Congress Follow Suit?, 17 J. TRANSNAT’L L. & POL. 387 (2008).
Directed Individual Study, Internet Jurisdiction Since Dow Jones v. Gutnick: The New First Amendment Landscape (2008) (unpublished).

Justin’s news reporting, commentary and blog posts have been published more than 300 times in print and online.

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS: 

Guitar, politics, international relations, media, free speech, open government, human rights 

Justin joined Forizs & Dogali, P.A., in 2009. He practices in a variety of areas, including civil rights, intellectual property, construction, professional negligence and other commercial and civil litigation matters. Before joining F&D, Justin clerked for an insurance defense firm and owned and operated a small Web publishing company.  

Justin was born in Kentucky where he delivered newspapers for the local afternoon daily. While earning bachelor’s degrees in both journalism and political science at the University of Florida, he reported and edited public affairs and student issues for the nation’s largest independently run student newspaper, and worked at another local paper as a Web producer, researcher and reporter. During law school, Justin studied international law abroad at the University of Oxford, co-founded TheSequitur.com magazine and reported stories from both Florida and England for FSULaw magazine (now Florida State Law) .

Later, Justin served as a research assistant to an expert in coastal and ocean law, was an award-winning competitor in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Super-regional Competition and was both executive editor and articles & notes editor of the Journal of Transnational Law and Policy. The Journal selected his 2008 article, “Rachel’s Law” Wraps New York’s Long-Arm Around Libel Tourists; Will Congress Follow Suit?, for publication. Justin’s directed individual study is entitled Internet Jurisdiction Since Dow Jones v. Gutnick: The New First Amendment Landscape, and his law degree is accompanied by a certificate in international law, with honors. 

Justin lives in Tampa with his wife, daughter and two cats.