Joseph O. Masterman
Associate
EDUCATION
A.B. Harvard University in 2013 (summa cum laude & Phi Beta Kappa)
J.D., Yale Law School in 2016
CLERKSHIPS
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. United States Supreme Court (2019-2020)
Judge Raymond M. Kethledge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Judge Amul R. Thapar on both the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Biography
Joe Masterman rejoined Cooper & Kirk in 2020 after clerking for Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the United States Supreme Court during the October 2019 term. He previously clerked for Judge Raymond M. Kethledge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for Judge Amul R. Thapar on both the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Mr. Masterman received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A., summa cum laude, in English from Harvard College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. In law school, he served as Executive Editor of the Yale Law Journal, received the Potter Stewart and Harlan Fiske Stone Prizes for his performance in the moot court, and was a member of the Supreme Court Clinic. He has been selected for the Temple Bar Scholarship and the Antonin Scalia Fellowship, and his writing has appeared in the Yale Law Journal.
Mr. Masterman is admitted to the bars of the State of Florida and the District of Columbia.
Additional Information
EMAIL
jmasterman@cooperkirk.com
PHONE
(202) 220-9648
District of Columbia
Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida