Joseph Graziano is an associate in the Litigation Department and is based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on complex litigation and appeals. He has experience in federal appeals, Ohio Supreme Court practice and state writ pleading.

Before joining the firm, Joseph served the Supreme Court of Ohio as a master commissioner, where he specialized in evaluating and advising the court on the proper resolution of complaints seeking extraordinary writs of mandamus, prohibition, habeas corpus, procedendo and quo warrento.

He previously was a law clerk for the Honorable Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

• Recognized as a "Champion for Justice" for his clinic work at Notre Dame Law School (2023)
• Awarded the Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Prize for his paper "A Virtue Model for Legal Ethics," Notre Dame J. L.
  Ethics & Pub. Pol'y (forthcoming 2025)

• Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2023 (Senior Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review)
• Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, S.T.B., 2019
• Providence College, B.A., 2014
• Admitted only in Ohio. Application for admission filed in the District of Columbia. Practice supervised by members of the District of Columbia Bar.