Joe Kopp comes from Brecksville, Ohio.  He graduated in 2005 from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration; and from Stetson University in 2008 with his Law Degree, a Concentration in Advocacy, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration.

      Following law school he initially worked  for a large, multi-state consumer bankruptcy firm in Tampa.  Within one year of joining the firm, he was selected to train new attorneys and paralegals joining the firm.  In 2011 he moved his practice to St. Petersburg, and in 2012 opened his own firm.  In 2016 he opened a second office in Tampa.  He consistently has been recognized as one of the area's top bankruptcy filers due to the large number of cases which he files.