Joseph Sclafani joined the Brunini firm in 2003 after working two years in the securities litigation section at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Palo Alto, California office. He is a member of one of the firm's litigation departments and currently concentrates his practice in the areas of general civil litigation and products liability. Joseph received his J.D. summa cum laude from Mississippi College School of Law where he served as the Articles Editor of the Law Review, was a member of the Moot Court Board and a Hearin-Hess Scholar, and earned American Jurisprudence Awards for best paper in seven classes. After graduation, Joseph served as a law clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Representative Matters

• Represented a number of publicly traded companies in private securities class actions and merger-related litigation.
• Represented a large national pharmaceutical company in a series of product liability/ false advertising cases and obtained dismissal of several hundred claims at no settlement cost to the client.  At the peak of this litigation, there were 79 cases pending in Mississippi State and Federal Courts involving the claims of over 1100 plaintiffs. 
• Received a series of favorable rulings on interlocutory appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court on various venue and joinder-related issues.   
• Presently represent national real estate franchisors in disputes with franchisees.
• Presently represent a national real estate franchisor in a series of consumer fraud/ RICO cases pending in Federal Court. 
• Presently represent a large Medicare intermediary in a Federal qui tam action alleging claims under the False Claims Act.
• Presently represent a national wood treating company on appeal before the Fifth Circuit following the successful defense of an environmental wrongful death claim.

Speeches & Publications

• "Stacking the Deck Against the Insurance Industry," 19 Miss. C.L. Rev. 251 (1998).

Community & Professional Activities

• Mississippi Bar Association
• Fifth Circuit Bar Association
• California Bar Association
• Federalist Society