Justin M. Block is a Past President of the Suffolk County Bar Association. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association Nominating Committee, and a member of the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District. He graduated from Cornell University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science from the ILR School, and earned his JD from Hofstra University School of Law in 1988, the same year he was admitted to the New York State bar. In addition to the New York State courts, he is admitted in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts. He has a general practice, ranging from criminal and traffic matters to wills to commercial and residential real estate, as well as complex civil litigation.