Joe joined Gherson in February 2000 and practices primarily in personal immigration law, with particular expertise in human rights cases.

Joe holds a degree in English from Queen Mary and Westfield College London and an MA in Slavonic and Eastern European Studies from the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, London University. He undertook his Common Professional Examination and Legal Practice Course with the College of Law in Birmingham and London. Joe is also fluent in Russian.