Joe Masterman served as a law clerk for Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the United States Supreme Court, for Judge Raymond M. Kethledge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and for Judge Amul R. Thapar on both the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
He received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A., summa cum laude, in English from Harvard College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was an editor of The Harvard Lampoon. In law school, he served as executive editor of the Yale Law Journal, received the Potter Stewart and Harlan Fiske Stone Prizes for his performance in moot court, and was a member of the Supreme Court Clinic.
Joe is also a founding partner of Cooper Masterman PLLC, where he represents plaintiffs through leadership roles in several multidistrict litigations. He is admitted to the bars of the State of Florida and the District of Columbia.
Credentials
Yale Law School, J.D.
—Yale Supreme Court Clinic, Member
—Yale Law Journal, Executive Editor
Harvard College, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
—The Harvard Lampoon, Editor
U.S. Supreme Court, Former Law Clerk
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Former Law Clerk
U.S. District Court, Easten District of Kentucky, Former Law Clerk
Cooper Masterman PLLC, Founding Partner
D.C. Bar, Admitted
Florida Bar, Admitted