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Justin D.
Luger

Partner

Miami
(305) 854-0800
Jluger@wsh-law.com

Justin Luger represents private and governmental entities in South Florida in both state and federal courts. Justin handles complex commercial, business, and municipal/government litigation. At the municipal level, he represents local governments in litigation issues including zoning and land use regulations, the creation and dissolution of special districts, and constitutional, civil rights, and negligence matters.

A fourth-generation native Miamian, Justin is passionate about helping to grow the Magic City through civic participation. He served for 3 consecutive years as general counsel to the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce – one of the youngest to ever hold the position in the over 100-year history of the Chamber. He was recently recognized by the Daily Business Review as a 2023 “Innovator” for outstanding work in the recovery of over $1.5 Million from FEMA on behalf of the Village of Pinecrest for amounts expended in post-disaster recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma in 2017.

Prior to joining the firm, Justin practiced complex commercial and securities litigation at a boutique Miami law firm, where he assisted in the defense of one of the world’s largest hedge fund administrators and custodians in a multi-billion dollar federal class action stemming from the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme.

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Dade County Bar Association
  • Miami-Dade Urban Debate League, Board of Directors, 2024
  • Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Executive Committee, 2019-2022; General Counsel, 2019-2022; Board of Directors, 2016-present; Nominating Committee, 2017-2019
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Mentor, 2016-2017

Awards & Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2023 – present
  • Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2015-present
  • South Florida Legal Guide, Top Up and Comer, 2020 – present
  • Daily Business Review Florida Legal Awards, Innovator, 2023
  • South Florida Business & Wealth – Up and Comer, 2020
  • Daily Business Review, Professional Excellence Award, On the Rise, 2019
  • Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Up and Comer, 2017; 2020
  • AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2017

Press Mentions

Reported Cases

  • E.H. et al. v. City of Miramar et al., 2015 WL 1284091 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 13, 2015)
  • Pinto v. City of Hollywood, et al., 2015 WL 3744486 (S.D. Fla. June 15, 2015)
  • E.H. et al. v. City of Miramar et al., 111 F. Supp. 3d 1307 (S.D. Fla. 2015)
  • Giraldo v. City of Hollywood et al., 142 F. Supp. 3d 1292 (S.D. Fla. 2015)
  • In the Matter of Village of Pinecrest, Florida, 2021 WL 753697 (CBCA 7011-FEMA)
  • In the Matter of Village of Pinecrest, Florida, 2022 WL 4591676 (CBCA 7298-FEMA)
  • Watkins v. Session et al., 2023 WL 8469704 (11th Cir. Dec. 7, 2023)

Practice Areas

Admissions

Florida, 2010


U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2010


U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2019

Education

University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2010

  • Honors: Dean’s List; Dean’s Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Academic Performance in Legal Research and Writing

Emory University, B.A., International Studies

  • Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha Political Honor Society; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; National Scholars Honor Society; Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society

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