
Joseph G. Corsaro
Class of 1982
Joseph G. Corsaro is the Founder and President of the law firm of Corsaro & Associates Co., LPA located in Westlake, Ohio and Integrated Retirement Plan Solutions, LLC located in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to Corsaro, nine other CSU|LAW graduates are employed at the two companies. Several of Corsaro’s immediate family members are also CSU|LAW graduates, including his son-in-law, who is a first-year law student. The focus of Corsaro & Associates is tax and business planning for mid-market companies and high net-worth individuals. The focus of Integrated Retirement Plan Solutions is the development, design, and administration of individually-designed qualified retirement plans for mid-market businesses. Corsaro was born and raised in Cleveland and attended Cathedral Latin High School. After graduating from Cathedral Latin, Corsaro attended The Virginia Military Institute on a football scholarship and graduated in 1979, earning a BS in English with high honors. Corsaro earned his JD at Cleveland Marshall in 1982 and was a member of Moot Court. He began his career with the “Big 4” accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney. Corsaro is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. In 2004, he received the Ohio State Bar Association’s designation as “Certified Federal Tax Law Specialist,” a designation achieved by only a handful of lawyers in the Northeast Ohio area. Corsaro has also been named to the list of Ohio Super Lawyers for multiple years, which is published annually in Cleveland Magazine and Super Lawyers Magazine.
