Justin N. Kattan

Justin N. Kattan is a Partner in Dentons' Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. His primary practice area is Commercial Litigation.

He is experienced in many areas of litigation, including real estate, complex financial products, securities, insurance coverage, intellectual property, tax and complex contractual disputes.

His financial institution experience includes successfully representing a financial services company and its former officers in a securities fraud class action alleging false and misleading statements regarding an IPO of a mortgage insurance business; serving as lead trial counsel on behalf of a defendant German bank at the May 2016 jury trial of a $200 million lender liability action; and a multi-hundred million dollar tax trial in Texas Federal Court in late 2008/early 2009 involving a disputed deduction of losses arising out of the acquisition of a Chinese non-performing loan portfolio.

His insurance experience includes significant roles in two jury trials involving the World Trade Center property insurance coverage dispute, one of the largest property insurance cases in history (involving claims in excess of $7 billion), and representing an insurance carrier in a suit to adjudicate the obligations of a financial institution managing a reference pool of assets underlying a series of credit swap transactions.

His real estate experience includes successfully defending a German bank against a $200 million lender liability suit brought by the developers of a failed construction project in Pennsylvania; achieving a $76 million summary judgment award in March 2010 on behalf of a group of European lenders in a suit in New York federal court against the guarantors of a failed construction project in Florida (HSH Nordbank AG New York Branch v. Swerdlow, 672 F. Supp. 2d 409 (S.D.N.Y. 2009)), which he also argued on appeal before the Second Circuit in April 2011, with the judgment affirmed; and achieving a favourable settlement on behalf of a UK bank in a $10 million "lender liability" suit brought by a developer in New York state court.

His healthcare experience includes acting as national coordinating counsel on behalf of an actuarial firm against ongoing negligence, fraud and breach of contract actions brought by several state Insurance Commissioners arising out of the firm's work for state health insurance co-operatives established under the Affordable Care Act, and a 2003 ERISA wrongful termination action tried in the Southern District of New York.

His intellectual property experience includes a 2006 federal jury trial in which he successfully defended a copyright infringement claim on behalf of prominent recording artists Kanye West and Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges.

His recognition includes being listed as a Recognized Lawyer by The Legal 500 (2022–2023) and selected to Law360's "Rising Star" Insurance list (2014).

He is the head of Dentons' pro bono moot court and mock trial mentoring programme for disadvantaged high school students. He holds a JD from Northwestern University School of Law (2000) and a BA from Brandeis University (1997).