Joseph Anthony Sclafani

Joseph Anthony Sclafani joined the Brunini Firm in January 2003 after working two and a half years in the securities litigation section at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Palo Alto, California office. He is a member of one of the Firm's litigation departments and currently concentrates his practice in the areas of general civil litigation and appellate practice. Joseph has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Appellate Law and received a Peer Review rating of AV 5 from Martindale Hubbell. Joseph has been recognized by Benchmark: Appellate, The Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, as a leading Appellate attorney in the Fifth Circuit and a "preeminent Appellate Practitioner in the country." He also has been named a Mid-South Rising Star in Civil Litigation Defense and was selected by the Mississippi Business Journal as one of Mississippi’s Top 40 business leaders under the age of 40. Joseph received his J.D. summa cum laude from Mississippi College School of Law where he served as the Articles Editor of the Law Review, was a member of the Moot Court Board and was named a Hearin-Hess Scholar. While in law school, Joseph earned American Jurisprudence Awards for best paper in seven classes. After graduation, Joseph served as a law clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.