
Tabitha D. JusticeTabitha Justice, Esq. is a 1998 graduate of Ohio University and former member of the Ohio Army National Guard, where she served with distinction. She graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law in 2002. As an Associate with the firm of Subashi & Wildermuth in Dayton, Ohio, Ms. Justice represented individuals, political subdivisions, and corporations in numerous state and federal courts, including a three-week multi-claim discrimination jury trial, and several important arguments before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In May 2008, she moved to Washington D.C. to accept a position as a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice.
While with the Department of Justice, Ms. Justice tried a major medical malpractice case in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in addition to handling a wide variety other litigation-related matters. She has defended agents of the FBI, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), NASA, as well as federally-employed physicians. Of particular note, Ms. Justice was one of four attorneys representing the United States in the well-known case of Ashcroft v. Iqbal. Ms. Justice recently returned to the firm of Subashi & Wildermuth after her successful stint with the federal government - essentially taking up where she left off - litigating a wide spectrum of cases ranging from Section 1983, political subdivision liability, school law, employment law, and others.
In addition to representing her clients, Ms. Justice actively participates in the Dayton Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, the Defense Research Institute, and the Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys. She has written articles on the issue of electronic discovery, has spoken at seminars on the issue of governmental liability, and has drafted several Ohio Supreme Court briefs on behalf of organizations such as OACTA, the Ohio School Boards Association, and others as Amicus Curiae.