About

Josh joins Perry Law with decades of experience in appellate and civil rights litigation. Prior to joining Perry Law, Josh was Connecticut’s Solicitor General from 2022-2024, after three years serving as Special Counsel for Civil Rights to Connecticut Attorney General William Tong. As Connecticut’s Solicitor General, he was responsible for overseeing all the office’s appellate litigation and for drafting the Attorney General’s formal opinions.

Among other significant cases, Josh defended Connecticut’s assault weapons restrictions in an oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In another recent case, he persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to deny certiorari in a challenge to Connecticut’s school vaccination policies.

Before joining the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office, Josh was a longtime civil rights litigator. He has been Deputy Director of legal aid agency Connecticut Legal Services; Executive Director of the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights; and General Counsel to the Orleans Public Defenders. His writing includes the novel Seraphim (Melville House 2024); legal scholarship in the Harvard Law Review and Michigan Law Review; and legal analysis for popular outlets including Slate.com, the Washington Post, and CNN.

Josh graduated Harvard College and New York University School of Law, where he was named to the Order of the Coif and served on the Law Review.