Joseph M. Capobianco

Associate Appeals

Overview

Joseph Capobianco is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “Faith, Federal Courts, and Free Speech: Do Federal Courts Protect Religious Speech More Than Non-Religious Speech?” The First Amendment Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 147, 2024

Author, “Rethinking the Right-to-Counsel-of-Choice Balancing Test: An Originalist Approach,” South Dakota Law Review, Vol. 68 No. 1, 2023

Author, Note, “Splitting the Difference: A Bright-Line Proposal for the Ministerial Exception,” Georgetown Law Review & Public Policy, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2022

Author, Note, “Has Social Media Destroyed a Federal Rule? The False Promise of Transfer to Cure Prejudice in the Social Media Era,” Texas Law Review, Vol. 99 No. 165, 2020

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023District of Columbia
  • 2021Virginia

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Education

  • University of Texas at Austin School of LawJ.D.with Highest Honors2021

    Vice Chancellor (second highest GPA)

    Order of the Coif

    Notes Editor, Texas Law Review

    Member, Supreme Court Clinic

  • The George Washington UniversityB.A., Political Science; Spanish & Journalism Minorsmagna cum laude2018