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Joshua L. Mogil

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Joshua L. Mogil

Senior Associate

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6380

Joshua L. Mogil draws on deep experience across government, banking and the legal sector to advise clients on investigations, regulatory compliance and enforcement matters. Josh most recently served as a senior political appointee at the US Department of Justice, first as congressional oversight counsel and then as senior counsel and deputy chief of staff to the Deputy Attorney General. He previously held roles at Capital One, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the White House, USAID and US Department of State. He began his legal career clerking on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. An active leader in the legal community, Josh also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, as a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as the elected Treasurer and Board Governor of the DC Bar, on the Board of Directors of the DC Bar Pro Bono Center and on the advisory board of the DC LGBTQ+ Bar Association, where he most recently served as president. Josh was recently recognized as one of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association and as a 2025 LGBTQ+ Business Leader by the Washington Business Journal.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2020

      magna cum laude Senior Editor, American Criminal Law Review

    • BS, International Politics, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 2011

      Student Government President

      Dean's Citation for Leadership

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • New York

    • US Supreme Court

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Stephanie Dawkins Davis, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2022

    • The Hon. Stephanie Dawkins Davis, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2021 - 2022

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