Justin is also committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession and the firm, and is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association and the firm’s Hispanic Affinity Group. He has previously served on the boards of nonprofits The Bread Project (including as Board Vice President) and Green Tree Early Childhood Center. Justin is active in his community, and currently serves on the board of nonprofit Community Resources for Science, which helps elementary and middle school teachers in under-resourced schools in the Bay Area teach science.

Before law school, he earned his CPA license as a financial auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Donohue of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle. Prior to joining Seyfarth, Justin served for two years as a law clerk to the Honorable James P. Justin was a member of the firm's 2015 Pro Bono Team of the Year, and was named a Seyfarth Pro Bono All-Star in 2019 for ten consecutive years of pro bono work. He also frequently provides pro bono advice and counseling concerning employment matters to several local nonprofits, and volunteers with pro bono programs Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Legal Services for Children, and Project Homeless Connect. Justin has handled litigation for and provided counseling to clients in a variety of industries, including retail, tech, e-commerce, staffing, health care, banking, insurance, construction, airline, automotive, restaurants and hospitality, and defense. He advises clients regarding wage-and-hour issues, employment policies and practices, termination decisions, internal complaints and workplace investigations, and negotiating employment and severance agreements. In addition to his litigation practice, Justin provides day-to-day counseling and advice to employers concerning the various state and federal laws affecting the employment relationship. Earlier in his career, Justin was part of a trial team that obtained the plaintiff’s agreement to dismiss all claims for a waiver of costs after a two-week jury trial.

He has significant single-plaintiff jury trial and arbitration experience, including second-chairing a four-week jury trial (complete defense verdict), a six-week jury trial (nearly complete defense verdict), a two-week FINRA arbitration (complete defense award) and a one-week JAMS employment arbitration (complete defense award). He claims he reported the abuse to Sandusky’s organization The Second Mile, alerting them that Sandusky would no longer be allowed to bring boys from the organization into Penn State’s athletic facilities.Justin also handles single and multi-plaintiff claims for discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, including whistleblower claims, as well as employment-related tort and contract claims. Regardless, Curley has come under fire for not reporting the suspected illegal abuse to University Police or any other official agency. During the hearing, Curley denied that the assistant had reported anything of a sexual nature, calling it “merely ‘horsing around.’”

Curley then met with graduate assistant Mike McQueary directly in the coming weeks to discuss what McQueary had seen. Curley resigned his position with the university one day later on Sunday, asking to be placed on administrative leave in order to fight the charges.Ī grand jury investigation stated that Curley was alerted of the suspected abuse in 2002 by head football coach Joe Paterno two days after the events. 5 with perjury and for failing to report suspected abuse by Sandusky. Athletic Director (On Administrative Leave)Īs the Penn State athletic director since 1993, Tim Curley has been tasked with guiding the university’s athletic facilities and sports teams, the most prominent of which was the Nittany Lions football team.Ĭurley, 57, was charged Saturday, Nov.

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