Joe Grassi, admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1982, is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Cape May County Bar Association. He is a former trustee of the Cape May County Bar Association. Grassi is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and he sits on the board of governors of the New Jersey section of ATLA. He is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is designated both as a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney and a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Grassi speaks widely on civil trial and criminal trial issues, and, based in nearby Wildwood, he is invited frequently to speak on legal issues at law-related gatherings in Atlantic City.