About Joseph
Licenses
Licensed in Wisconsin for 24 years
State: Wisconsin
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2012
Super Lawyers - Rising Star, Milwaukee Magazine
2012
Leading Lawyers, M Magazine
2012
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren as Pro Bono Publico Firm of the Year, Milwaukee Bar Association
2011
Superlawyers - Rising Star, Milwaukee Magazine
2010
Superlawyers - Rising Star, Milwaukee Magazine
2010
Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
2009
Superlawyers - Rising Star, Milwaukee Magazine
2001
Civil Procedure (top student), Marquette University Law School
2001
Canon Law (top student), Marquette University Law School
2000
Legal Research and Writing (top student), Marquette University Law School
2000
Criminal Procedure (top student), Marquette University Law School
1999
Thomas More Scholar, Marquette University Law School
1999
Navy Achievement Medal (II), United States Navy
1997
Navy Achievement Medal, United States Navy
1997
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, United States Navy
1995
National Defense Service Medal, United States Navy
Work Experience
2003 - Present
Shareholder, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
2002 - 2003
Law Clerk to the Honorable Diane S. Sykes, Supreme Court of Wisconsin
2001 - 2001
Judicial Intern to the Honorable David T. Prosser, Jr., Supreme Court of Wisconsin
2000 - 2001
Law Clerk, Murphy & Prachthauser
1995 - 1999
Lieutenent, United States Navy, Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Nimitz (CVN-68)
Associations
2007 - Present
United States Supreme Court BarMember
2006 - Present
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit BarMember
2005 - Present
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin BarMember
2005 - Present
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois BarMember
2005 - Present
Eastern District Bar AssociationMember
2003 - Present
St. Thomas More Society
2003 - Present
Milwaukee Bar AssociationMember
2002 - Present
Supreme Court of Wisconsin, BarMember
1999 - Present
American Legion - Wisconsin Post 2930Member
1999 - Present
Disabled American VeteransMember
2007 - 2008
Civil Litigation Section of the Milwaukee Bar AssociationCo-chair
Sample of Legal Cases
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Settled
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Education
2002
JD - Juris Doctor
1995
Undergraduate Degree
Speaking Engagements
2012
Appellate Advocacy Guest Lecturer
2012
2011
2011
Appellate Advocacy Guest Lecturer
2009
ERISA Litigation
2008
2007
Reading and Writing Between the Lines of Written Discovery
2006
Expert Witness Testimony in State and Federal Court
2005
Buried Rules of Evidence and Procedure
Publications
2009
2008
2008
2007
2006
2006
2005
Languages
English