Joe Parsons defends clients against high-profile nationwide and statewide collective liability, class action, and unfair competition litigation. He has extensive experience in crafting, developing, and executing complex case strategy from discovery to dispositive motions to trial, including across jurisdictions and with joint defense groups.
Joe’s commitment to service extends to pro bono matters and the Pittsburgh community. As part of the Firm’s Border Project, he is representing a client with a claim for asylum. He serves as a coordinator for the Western District of Pennsylvania’s Pro Se Pro Bono Mediation Program and sits on the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Federal Courts Section Council. Joe is also co-president of Pittsburgh Irish & Classic Theatre, a member of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania Bridges Society Committee and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Children’s Trust, and president of the American Constitution Society’s Pittsburgh Lawyer Chapter.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
