About Joshua Bradford

Joshua Bradford Kons is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in the states of California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. He used to be licensed to the California State Bar in 2006, the Illinois State Bar in 2011, the Wisconsin State Bar in 2007, and the Connecticut State Bar in 2012. His license status is lively in all these jurisdictions. Mr. Kons is the managing member and founding father of Kons Law, a law firm located in Hartford, Connecticut. He has been practicing law for over 19 years, serving clients throughout Connecticut and other states where he's admitted to practice.

Mr. Kons earned his law degree diploma from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2006. Prior to law program, he finished his undergraduate schooling on the University of Wisconsin-Madison, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2002. During his time at Pepperdine, he concentrated his legal education within the regions of company and securities regulation and served as a senior fellow at the Geoffrey Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law.

Mr. Kons concentrates his practice within the areas of corporate law, securities litigation, and creditors' rights. He represents agencies in commercial transactions, business litigation, consumer and business debt collection, and securities litigation. His practice encompasses all stages of legal proceedings, including preliminary case evaluation, discovery, mediation, settlement negotiations, and trial hearings in both state and federal courts. He has represented over 1,000 individual buyers and monetary advisors across the United States in securities enterprise disputes, which includes FINRA arbitration hearings.

Throughout his career, Mr. Kons has handled instances in various courts, including the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California; the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; the District of Connecticut; the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; and the Districts of Colorado and North Dakota. Prior to founding his own company, he worked as an in-house attorney for General Electric (GE), where he used to be responsible for corporate and business transactional things, as well as debt collection and asset recuperation matters. He additionally worked with numerous boutique business and securities regulation companies, focusing on representing investors and monetary advisors in securities binding dispute resolution proceedings.

Mr. Kons is an active member of the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Illinois, the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the State Bar of Connecticut. He is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), an organization dedicated to promoting investor rights in securities and commodities binding dispute resolution proceedings. In addition to his securities litigation practice, he keeps a lively category action practice specializing in financial offerings and shopper finance matters, helping stable more than $100 million in comfort for sophistication members since 2012. Mr. Kons is fluent in English and Spanish, allowing him to serve a numerous clientele effectively.

Education

Pepperdine University School of Law

J.D. (2006)

University of Wisconsin - Madison

B.A. (2002) | Business Administration

Languages

English (Spoken)

Experience

Creditors Rights Lawyer

Grayrock Law, LLC
2024

Business and Securities Litigation Lawyer

Kons Law Office
2012

Accepted Jurisdictions

Connecticut
Illinois
Wisconsin
California

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California U.S. District Court · Admitted 2006
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California U.S. District Court · Admitted 2006
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California U.S. District Court · Admitted 2006
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California U.S. District Court · Admitted 2006
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin U.S. District Court · Admitted 2007
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin U.S. District Court · Admitted 2007
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois U.S. District Court · Admitted 2011
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois U.S. District Court · Admitted 2011
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut U.S. District Court · Admitted 2012
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado U.S. District Court · Admitted 2012
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota U.S. District Court · Admitted 2012

Types of Cases Handled

business law securities litigation creditors' rights

Legal Services Scope

Hearings Appeals Litigation Negotiations Trials

Professional Associations

State Bar of Connecticut

has membership 2012 - Current

State Bar of Illinois

has membership 2011 - Current

Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA)

has membership 2011 - Current

State Bar of Wisconsin

has membership 2007 - Current

State Bar of California

has membership 2006 - Current

Office Locations

Main Office

 100 Pearl Street 14th Floor Hartford CT 06103

Office 2

 92 Hopmeadow Street Suite 205 Weatogue CT 06089