Joe has dedicated his practice to Immigration and Nationality Law for 35 years. He has been instrumental in effecting significant changes in the body of immigration case law by virtue of his involvement in landmark cases. He provides legal services and counsel to both large and small businesses as well as academic institutions enabling them to secure essential employees in areas such as engineering, research, computer technology and management. In addition, he represents individuals in their efforts to reunify their families in the United States, and has experience in deportation matters as well as political asylum cases. He is a frequent lecturer in matters involving Immigration and Nationality Law.

Actively involved in the local community, Joe is a member of the Rotary Club, having served on its Board of Directors, the Bloomfield Democratic Town Committee and is a Justice of the Peace.

He is listed in the 2008 edition of Woodward/White Inc.'s The Best Lawyers in America® as being among the top lawyers in Connecticut and has been listed in Best Lawyers for more than ten years. He is also listed as a member of the Historical Society of the International Who's Who of Professionals for the year 2002. Joe received his A.B. Degree from Franklin and Marshall College in 1963 and his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1966.