Joseph Aquila is currently completing a clerkship for the Honorable Chief Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas. He previously worked as an associate in the Houston office of Jones Day, where he will return upon completion of his clerkship. He graduated in 2024 from the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as a Case Notes and Comments Editor for the Houston Journal of International Law and as a member of the Interscholastic Moot Court team. He received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. He currently serves on the board of directors for the St. Thomas More Society of Galveston-Houston. He is a Blackstone Legal Fellow.