Joseph M. Rainsbury

Joe Rainsbury has 25 years’ experience representing clients before state and federal appellate and trial courts. Prized by clients and colleagues for his writing and oral advocacy skills, he has participated in appeals across the country on myriad legal issues. Over the years, Joe has been involved—either briefing the merits or arguing to a tribunal—in cases from nearly every corner of civil litigation. Joe successfully represented a bank on an appeal of the first Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower suit filed in the country. He helped persuade the Supreme Court of Virginia that its anti-spam statute violated the First Amendment. And he represented a Chinese bank resisting a subpoena from the Department of Justice for documents potentially relevant to North Korean money laundering.