After high school, Joe headed South to Washington for his education, both in academia and government bureaucracy.
Joe was the first in his family to get a four-year college education. He attended George Washington University as an undergraduate and then for his MBA in Finance and Investments at the GW School of Business. After graduating from George Washington, he crossed the Potomac River to Northern Virginia to obtain his law degree from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. The law school is known for its conservative leaning in law and economics and is one of the top new law schools in America.
After graduating from law school, Joe went directly to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington in their honors program. He spent a decade at the SEC and served as Counsel to the Commissioner and Special Counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel in the Division of Corporate Finance.
Here Joe received a unique insight into the “Swamp” and its’ operations. Unique knowledge that he now brings to his congressional race of how Washington works (or does not work). How it also so easy for elected officials, like Bill Posey, to get caught up in being a part of “The Hill Gang”, promise to stay only briefly and then becomes a part of problem. Bill Posey is now running for his NINTH term in Washington!
Joe left Washington and joined Royal Dutch Shell, plc as their lead Securities Counsel. He advises on all aspects of US Securities laws and has represented Shell before the SEC, Congress and the US Justice Department. Joe also has extensive knowledge and experience with both UK and European securities regulations. He has received numerous awards and recognition for his legal work including recently being named to Marquis Who’s Who Top Lawyers in the United States and featured in Fortune Magazine. Joe is uniquely qualified to cut through the red tape and Drain the Swamp in Washington.
Joe lives with his wife, Alathia, in Vero Beach and recently celebrated the wedding of their daughter, Chandler.
