Joseph P. Guglielmo is a partner of the firm and is involved in complex litigation on behalf of clients in both state and federal court throughout the United States.  Mr. Guglielmo is one of the partners focusing on Whatley Drake & Kallas' securities, consumer, antitrust and healthcare litigation. 

Mr. Guglielmo has been extensively involved in In re Managed Care Litigation and participated in the settlement negotiations with Aetna, CIGNA, Prudential, Health Net, Humana and Wellpoint/Anthem that have provided monetary and practice changes to physicians valued in excess of one billion dollars.  Mr. Guglielmo is also extensively involved in Love, et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al., also pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and has lead all discovery efforts concerning this action.  A settlement has recently been reached with the substantial majority of defendants in this action which provides for in excess of $130 million of monetary benefits and practice change relief valued in excess of two billion dollars.  Mr. Guglielmo is also involved in In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, filed in the District of New Jersey against a number of the largest insurance companies and insurance brokers alleging violations of RICO as well as federal and state antitrust laws.  To date, these efforts have resulted in settlements with Zurich and Gallagher totaling in excess of $180 million dollars. 

Mr. Guglielmo has considerable experience and expertise in the area of electronic discovery and is responsible for numerous multi-party productions involving terabytes of data and hundreds of millions of pages of electronic information.  Mr. Guglielmo lectures on electronic discovery and is a member of the Sedona Conference, an organization devoted to providing guidance and information concerning issues such as discovery and production issues, as well as areas focusing on antitrust law, complex litigation and intellectual property.

Recently, Mr. Guglielmo and Whatley Drake & Kallas were recognized for their achievements by their selection to the National Law Journal's Plaintiffs' Hot List.

Mr. Guglielmo is also the co-author of a number of publications including: "Class Action Health Care Litigation," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 1999; "Class Actions: HMOs and Health Care Providers Under Attack," ALI-ABA Life and Health Insurance Litigation Conference, 2000; "Providers (Suits by Doctors and Hospital Class Actions)," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2000: "The Application of ERISA and RICO Theories in the Age of Managed Care," The Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, 2000; "Health Care Litigation: What You Need to Know After Program," Practicing Law Institute, 2000; "Provider Suits by Doctors and Hospitals v. HMOs," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2001; the CLE Conference presented by the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, 2002; "The Unique Role of the Medical Society Effectively Litigating for Change in the Healthcare Arena," American Academy of Otolaryngology Presidential-Board of Governors Special Seminar, 2002; and Forum Shopping: Defendants Do It Too  ABA Business Litigation Committee, Winter 2007.

Mr. Guglielmo graduated from Catholic University (B.A., cum laude, 1992; J.D., 1995) and also received a Certificate of Public Policy.  Mr. Guglielmo was admitted to the to New York State bar in 1996, the District of Columbia Bar in 1997 and the United States Supreme Court in 2003. He is a member of the following organizations: Association of the Bar of the City of New York ; The District of Columbia Bar; New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Council, American Association for Justice and The Sedona Conference.