Joseph Pace
Experienced Federal & State Appellate Litigator
Mr. Pace has briefed and argued cases in federal appellate courts around the country and in several state supreme courts. His clients have included sitting U.S. Senators, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the ACLU of NJ, as well as several startups.
He has extensive experience litigating a wide array of matters, including: civil rights, First Amendment, consumer rights, FOIL and FOIA, class actions, defamation, arbitration, business disputes, and torts.
Prior to founding J. Pace Law, Mr. Pace was senior legal counsel at Reprieve US, where he directed the group's First Amendment and national security litigation. He held the Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest and Constitutional Law and was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Mr. Pace clerked for Judge Swain in the Southern District of New York. He graduated from Yale Law School, where he was an editor on the Yale Law Journal and won the Potter Stewart Prize for best written brief and oral advocacy in the Moot Court Finals. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University.
- Yale Law School
- J.D. (2010)
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- Honors: Israel H. Peres Prize (best student publication in the Yale Law Journal); Harlan Fiske Stone Prize (for Moot Court); Potter Stewart Prize (best overall written and oral argument in Moot Court)
- Activities: Yale Law Journal, Editor
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- Harvard University
- B.A. (2006) | Social Studies
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- Honors: magna cum laude; Thomas Hoopes Prize; Detur Book Prize; John Harvard Scholar
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- Founder/Principal
- J. Pace Law
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- Specialize in appellate litigation, civil rights and consumer rights law, constitutional law, and business litigation; provide trial support and handle dispositive motions. Advise startups to ensure legal compliance with local, state, and federal laws.
- Senior Legal Researcher
- LR Solution
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- Senior Legal Counsel
- Reprieve
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- Directed First Amendment and national security litigation, represented several Guantanamo detainees.
- Fellow in Public Interest and Constitutional Law
- Gibbons PC
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- Litigation Associate
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrrison LLP
- Law Clerk
- Southern District of New York, Honorable Laura Taylor Swain
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- Bankruptcy as Constitutional Property: Using Statutory Entitlement Theory to Abrogate State Sovereign Immunity
- Yale Law Journal
- Suspending the Writ at Guantánamo: Take III?
- Yale Law Journal
- The Syrian Opposition: The Struggle for Unity and Relevance
- Demystifying Syria
- The Syrian Opposition
- Washington Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 1
- Superb Rating
- Avvo
- Israel Peres Prize
- Yale Law School
- Best publication in the Yale Law Journal
- Potter Stewart Prize
- Yale Law School
- Best overall written and oral argument in Moot Court
- American Bar Association
- Member
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- State Bar of New York
- Member
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- 1st Circuit
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- 2nd Circuit
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- 3rd Circuit
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- 8th Circuit
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- 9th Circuit
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- 11th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Consumer Law
- Class Action
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- English: Spoken, Written