Joseph Gulino, Managing Partner, has successfully represented institutional investors in litigation in multiple jurisdictions around the world for over a decade. A U.S.-trained, multilingual attorney, Mr. Gulino is dual-licensed to practice in the U.S. (Florida, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.), and England and Wales. He is board certified in international law by the Florida Bar and represents DRRT’s clients in investor protection matters and securities litigation.
Leading a team of skilled international litigators, Mr. Gulino directs major non-U.S. securities litigation cases, such as Vivendi SA, Saipem S.p.A., and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., working closely with DRRT’s partner firms in several global jurisdictions. He has acted as liaison counsel for DRRT clients in some of the largest U.S. securities cases, including Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corporation, and Merck & Co, Inc.
A member of Associazione Internazionale Giuristi di Lingua Italiana (AIGLI), Mr. Gulino has lectured on securities litigation and investor protection claims in Italy, Belgium, and Luxembourg and has authored articles on investor protection in various French legal journals. In 2019 Mr. Gulino was appointed to serve on the Florida Bar International Law Certification Committee.
In 2023, Mr. Gulino was Knighted by the Republic of Italy, with the rank of “Cavaliere Ufficiale” of the Order of the Star (Ordine della Stella d’Italia).
Previously employed by one of the largest U.S. securities litigation firms, Mr. Gulino is a two-time recipient of the U.S. Department of Education’s Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, focusing on western European studies. He has worked as an intern with the U.S. Department of State, an attorney at a pro bono immigration agency, and as a consultant to the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for International Legal Educationprograms in Eastern Europe. He holds a master’s degree in international and public affairs from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, specializing in global political economy.
Mr. Gulino is fluent in French and Italian, has conversational knowledge of Spanish, and possesses elementary knowledge of German.