Brett R. Joseph, Esquire

293 Main Street, Conneaut, Ohio 44030
440/599-1445 (phone)
440/599-2199 (fax)
E-mail: josephlawservices.com

Experience:

2007-present
Private Attorney, Joseph Law Services Co., LPA,
Conneaut, Ohio

2007-present
President, Northeast Ohio Chapter,
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association

2006-present
Vice President and Commissioner, Ashtabula County Metroparks Board

2005-present
Co-Owner and Manager, Conneaut Creek Farm Center for
Ecological Culture, LLC, Conneaut, Ohio

1991-2005
Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of General Counsel.

2001-2005
General Counsel, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland

1997 - 2001
General Counsel, Northwest Region, Seattle, Washington

1995-97
NOAA General Counsel for Legislation and Policy, Washington, D.C.

1991-95
Office of General Counsel, National Ocean Service, Washington, D.C.

1995-1997
President and Legal Chair, South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development,
Shady Side, Maryland

1989-90
Law Clerk to Judge Joseph Young, U.S. DISTRICT COURT, Maryland, and
Judge Richard McQuade, Jr., U.S. DISTRICT COURT, Western District of Ohio.

1989
Attorney, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Toledo, Ohio

1987-1988
Law Clerk, Stanley Stein & Associates Co., LPA

1987-1989
Co-Founder and Director, Midwest Biosphere Coalition, in association with
Cleveland Museum of Natural History


Education and Honors:

LL.M. Georgetown Law Center, with distinction, Washington, D.C., 1993
(International and Comparative Law)

J.D. Case Western Reserve Law School, Cleveland, 1989
American Jurisprudence Awards, state and local gov’t law, legislation
Summer Law in China Program, American University, 1986

MA Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, San Francisco
(psychology) Certificate in Socially Engaged Spirituality

B.S. University of Maryland, University College, 2006, 4.0 Cum. GPA
(psychology)

B.A. Kent State University, Cum Laude, Kent, Ohio 1981
(history)

2000-2001 U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Awards


Current Memberships:

Ashtabula County Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association

Ohio Mediation Association

Mediation Association of Northeast Ohio

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association

Ohio Horseman’s Council, Ashtabula Chapter

Bars of Ohio, Maryland and District of Columbia

Psychologists for Social Responsibility