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Joe Bendekovic joined Wiseman Ashworth Trauger as an Associate Attorney in August of 2024 after graduating from Belmont University College of Law. During law school, Joe was a member of the 2022 Emory Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court competition, where his team received the award for the 2nd Best Brief. He also served as the Associate Editor of the Belmont Law Journal and edited the 7th Volume of the Belmont Health Law Journal. Joe was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Chancellor I’Ashea Myles in Davidson County Chancery Court Part III in 2023.
While an undergraduate at Belmont University studying Journalism, Joe was a Senior News Writer and Editor-in-Chief of the Belmont Vision from 2018- 2020.
Before joining Wiseman Ashworth Trauger as an Associate Attorney, Joe worked as a Court Runner for the firm from 2020 to 2021 while an undergraduate at Belmont, then enrolled in Belmont University College of Law. Each year during law school, Joe returned to the firm as a Summer Law Clerk, where he grew his passion for the firm’s healthcare litigation and operations practice.
Joe speaks fluent Spanish, having attended schools in Milan and Madrid as an adolescent. When not practicing law, Joe enjoys playing bass guitar and catching repertory screenings at the Belcourt Theatre.
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