Lawyers in United States

Joseph Brazil

Partner

White & Case LLP

Joseph C Sleeth

Norton Rose Fulbright

Joseph C. Coates III

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Joseph Casino

Partner

Wiggin and Dana LLP

Joseph Castelluccio

Partner

Mayer Brown

Joseph Clark

Joseph E. Clark is a senior counsel in Proskauer's Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group where he focuses on complex employee benefits litigation. Joe represents a diverse range of clients from the time a claim is asserted through trial or arbitration, whether it is defending plan fiduciaries against class action claims of fiduciary breach or prohibited transactions or in connection with government investigations, or defending employers against multiemployer pension plan claims for withdrawal liability. These clients include financial service providers, investment managers, Fortune 500 corporations, and benefit plan committees. Outside of the context of litigation, Joe also advises fiduciary clients regarding their fiduciary responsibilities and employers regarding various withdrawal liability issues. Co-editor and a frequent contributor to Proskauer’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation blog, Joe has authored pieces on employee stock ownership plans, excessive fee claims, fiduciary breach, investigation and determination of benefits claims, and best practices for plan drafting. He has also published several articles regarding these issues in BNA Insights.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Joseph D. West

Joe has over 40 years of experience in government contracts. He represents contractors, subcontractors and government agencies. His areas of expertise include dispute avoidance/resolution, internal investigations, False Claims Act matters, suspension/debarment, DCSA/DSS matters, and transactional support. Joe has engaged in cases before various United States Courts of Appeals and District Courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Boards of Contract Appeals.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Joseph Damato

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Joseph Damato

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Joseph De Simone

Partner

Mayer Brown

Joseph Doman

Bartlit Beck LLP

Joseph Drayton

Joe Drayton is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department, co-head of the Patent law practice and a member of the Intellectual Property and Trials groups. Joe is a first-chair trial lawyer with over two decades of experience representing some of the nation’s most prominent companies in high-stakes intellectual property (IP) and complex commercial litigation. He has successfully handled matters across a broad range of industries before state and federal courts, the International Trade Commission and arbitration tribunals including the American Arbitration Association. Joe’s practice spans all areas of IP law—patent, trade secrets, copyright, trademark, trade dress and false advertising—both domestically and internationally. He also advises clients on IP acquisition, transfer, protection and enforcement strategies. Joe has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in his field across the United States. In addition to his IP expertise, he has a strong track record resolving complex commercial disputes, including international supplier conflicts with significant business implications. A trusted advisor to corporate executives, Joe is known for his sound judgment and leadership. Joe is a national leader in the legal community. He recently received the United States President’s Volunteer Service Award by President Joseph R. Biden for his leadership activities in the legal community. Joe also received the C. Francis Stradford Award—the National Bar Association’s highest honor—for his integrity, legal excellence and lasting contributions to the profession. He served as the 76th president of the National Bar Association, is a former vice president and Board chair of the New York City Bar Association and served on the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary as the 2nd Circuit and Federal Circuit Representative, a role that included Joe providing congressional testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the confirmation hearings for the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Joseph Duffy

Partner

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Joseph Eisert

Partner

King & Spalding

Joseph F. Coniglio

Managing Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Joseph Finley

Partner

Jones Day

Joseph Finnerty III

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Joseph Fletcher

Joseph K. Fletcher, III is a Shareholder in Buchalter’s Los Angeles office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Tax, Benefits and Estate Planning Group. With more than 25 years of tax law experience, Mr. Fletcher’s international practice includes matters involving the taxation of mergers and acquisitions, resolution of tax controversies, and international taxation. Mr. Fletcher shares his ample experience in tax law as an educator and frequent speaker on business tax issues. He has taught classes as an Adjunct Professor on “Taxation of Intellectual Property” and “Mergers and Acquisitions”, and is also a frequent panelist on CLEs addressing issues ranging from partnership taxation to cancellation of indebtedness income. Mr. Fletcher has achieved the highest rating of “AV-Preeminent” awarded by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory for both tax law and corporate law, from 2013-present. He has been named to the Best Lawyers in America list from 2019-2023, and has been included in The Legal 500.

Buchalter Law Firm

Joseph Folio

Joseph Charles Folio III | Morrison Foerster Joseph Folio is a trial lawyer and partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law, Congressional Investigations (co-chair), Crisis Management, and Privacy + Data Security Groups, with more than a dozen years of experience leading complex government investigations and high-profile litigation. Joe has extensive experience in cartel investigations, congressional investigations, and complex civil litigation. Having served in all three branches of the federal government, and with his experience in both criminal and civil litigation, Joe is able to leverage his insider knowledge across a variety of enforcement perspectives to guide clients through difficult cases. He is also a member of our global ESG + Sustainability steering committee. As a prosecutor in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), he investigated companies and individuals involved in domestic and international antitrust cartels. Among them, he oversaw all aspects of the investigation into generic pharmaceuticals as the case’s chief of staff, including the handling of the parallel multidistrict litigation case brought by several state attorneys general and private plaintiffs. He also prosecuted and investigated cases in the international freight forwarding industry and cases involving bid rigging in state infrastructure projects. Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Joe served as Chief Counsel for the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, the chief oversight committee of the U.S. Senate. In this position, he oversaw a variety of investigations, including the coordination of investigations with other Senate and House committees with overlapping jurisdictions. He also advised the committee on all policy issues falling within its broad jurisdiction, including cybersecurity, border security, domestic terrorism, election security, supply chain security (including 5G policy), and reforming the National Emergencies Act. Joe advised committee members on oversight of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security, legislation providing CISA with administrative subpoena authority, the creation of the National Cyber Director, and oversight of government and private efforts to protect against and respond to cyber breaches and ransomware attacks. While at the Federal Programs Branch of the DOJ’s Civil Division, Joe handled complex, high-profile litigation, focusing largely on national security matters, and his clients included the FBI; the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and State; and several members of the U.S. Intelligence Community. He also represented the Export-Import Bank against multiple administrative and constitutional challenges. Due to the cutting-edge nature of this litigation, he has experience navigating the inter-agency process when cases raise novel legal or policy issues that must be resolved at the highest levels. Joe received his B.A., magna cum laude, in philosophy and government from Georgetown University; M.A. with honors in national security studies from Georgetown University; and J.D., cum laude, from the George Mason University School of Law. After graduating from law school, Joe clerked for the Honorable Richard L. Voorhees in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Morrison Foerster

Joseph Fox

Tax Partner. Mr. Fox focuses on domestic and cross-border tax issues relating to capital markets, financing and derivatives transactions. He regularly represents US and non-US clients in a variety of contexts, such as equity and debt offerings, bank financing transactions, debt restructurings and derivatives transactions, and is experienced with specialized vehicles and industries, including RICs, REITs, credit funds, real estate funds, insurance companies and shipping companies. He also advises on asset management tax considerations and international tax issues.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Joseph G. Poluka

Joe Poluka is a defense attorney with extensive experience in representing clients in the investigation and defense of a wide variety of criminal, civil, and regulatory matters, including complex fraud related to securities, financial institutions, healthcare practitioners, employee conduct, political corruption, taxation, and the environment. He conducts internal investigations and advises executives and corporate clients on the financial, reputational, and criminal impact of violations, while helping them mitigate or eliminate such losses. As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Joe brings a rich prosecutorial experience to his clients. He has received numerous awards for his investigation and prosecution of complex white collar fraud and corruption matters, including bribery, embezzlement, environmental crimes, export (Trading with the Enemy Act), insider trading, and terrorism crimes. While at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Joe also served as the deputy chief of the Violent Crimes, Terrorism & Immigration Fraud Section, as well as the coordinator of the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (“ATAC”), consisting of over 85 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies that coordinate information sharing and cooperation on terrorism matters. He also was the USA PATRIOT Act spokesperson for the Eastern District. Joe is a sought-out speaker on anti-terrorism matters and other white collar topics for, among others, the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc., Temple University, and the American Conference Institute's FDA Boot Camp. He also has appeared on American Law Journal TV, most recently in 2015 on “‘White-Collared’: Is the Department of Justice Targeting Corporate Executives?” Recently, Joe was retained, on a bipartisan basis, by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve as independent counsel to the Judiciary Committee in connection with House Resolution 659 of 2016, which authorized the Committee to investigate the conduct of Attorney General Kathleen Kane to determine whether she was liable to impeachment for misbehavior in office, which investigation was concluded following her conviction on state criminal charges.

Blank Rome LLP

Joseph Gallo

Senior Associate

Withers

Joseph Giannini

Norton Rose Fulbright

Joseph Gilligan

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP