Overview

Joey Alpert is an Associate at Simonsen Sussman. Prior to joining the firm, Joey served as an Honors Attorney at the Federal Trade Commission, splitting his two years between the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s Division of Financial Practices and the Bureau of Competition’s Anticompetitive Practices Division. His work encompassed matters resulting in substantial injunctive relief and millions of dollars in consumer redress. Most recently, Joey was part of the team that brought FTC v. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the federal government’s first enforcement action under the Robinson-Patman Act in more than two decades.

Joey earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as a Legal Fellow for Senator Chris Murphy and a Summer Law Intern with the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. He also clerked for the Senate Budget Committee and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. He holds an M.A. in Defense and Strategic Studies, Asia-Pacific Area of Study, from the U.S. Naval War College and a B.A. in Political Science, Philosophy, and German from Temple University.

Before law school, Joey served as a Navy Surface Warfare Officer, completing two sea tours and deployments to the East Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf. He subsequently served at the Pentagon as Executive Assistant to the Director of Navy Plans, Policy, and Integration. Joey continues his service in the Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps.