Justin Joseph D'Elia

focuses his practice in the areas of securities litigation and regulatory investigations. Mr. D’Elia regularly represents brokerage firms and financial advisers in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrations, which assert allegations of sales practice violations such as fraud, misrepresentation, selling away, unsuitability and churning. He has represented clients during on-the-record testimony, hearings, trials and on appeals before regulatory bodies, such as FINRA, the SEC, the Department of Justice, state securities regulators, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, the New York Mercantile Exchange, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Mr. D’Elia is accomplished in defending his clients during regulatory matters against a wide range of alleged market manipulation activity and sales practice misconduct, as well as other securities rule violations.

His practice further includes representation of companies and individuals in connection with federal class action litigation, and complex commercial litigation. He also regularly advises companies on compliance and supervisory policies and procedures, as well as current litigation and regulatory trends.

Mr. D’Elia is experienced in prosecuting, or defending, brokerage firms and associated persons in competition claims based in tort or the underlying contracts. He has substantial experience representing FINRA member firms in employment-related arbitration proceedings involving allegations of wrongful termination, unpaid commissions, restrictive covenants, and the collection of promissory notes.

Mr. D'Elia was recognized with the Duane Morris Pro Bono Award for his outstanding pro bono work in obtaining asylum for an Iraqi citizen who aided American forces as well as derivative asylum for his family.

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Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2017-present
- Special Counsel, 2016
- Associate, 2006-2016

Selected Publications

•Quoted, Stonewalled by FINRA, Up to 40 Crypto Securities Wait in Limbo for Launch, CoinDesk, June 17, 2019

•Featured in Litigator in the Spotlight by Jan Wolfe, The American Lawyer, January 2013
•Co-author, U.S. Financial Reform: Creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Duane Morris Alert, August 24, 2010