Joseph Hanna

Background

About Joseph Hanna

Joseph M. Hanna is a partner at Goldberg Segalla who dedicates his practice to serving the retail and hospitality and sports and entertainment industries. A leading voice for diversity in the legal and business communities, Joe is chair of Goldberg Segalla’s Diversity Task Force and has held multiple leadership roles in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) as well as diversity-related positions within the DRI and the American Bar Association (ABA), where he served several years as co-chair of the Young Lawyer Leadership Program, chair of the Minority Trial Lawyer Committee, and editor-in-chief of Minority Trial Lawyer. He has received accolades that include the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Awareness) Award, Minority Corporate Counsel Association George B. Vashon Innovator Award, the New York State Bar Association Diversity Trailblazer Award, and the University at Buffalo George W. Thorn Award. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including an AV Preeminent Peer Review rating though Martindale-Hubbell and frequently appears on lists such as Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars. In 2015, Joe was named the Bar Association of Erie County Bar Lawyer of the Year. The BAEC is the largest bar association outside the metropolitan New York City area with over 3,400 members. He is the youngest attorney to receive the honor in the association’s 128-year history. He is also a mentor with New York Legal Education Opportunity (NY LEO), an organization designed to ensure a diverse legal community by promoting academic success in law school for individuals historically underrepresented in the legal profession, and administered through the New York State Judicial Institute. In 2014, Joe was one of just over 160 lawyers under 40 in the entire country to receive Law360's Rising Star honor and in 2017, the American Bar Association placed him on its prestigious “On the Rise — Top 40 Young Lawyers” list. He has also been voted one of the top 10 attorneys in Western New York multiple times. In addition to his legal practice and leadership in diversity-related positions, Joe is the founder and president of Bunkers in Baghdad, a nonprofit that collects and sends golf equipment to U.S. soldiers and veterans worldwide to aid in recreation and rehabilitation from injuries.