Joseph Cao

Joseph Cao is a native of Vietnam. He earned a B.S. in physics from Baylor University and an M.A. in philosophy from Fordham University in 1995. For several years after he graduated from college, Cao was a member of the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order.

Cao taught philosophy and ethics at Loyola University in New Orleans for a year after earning his master's, then worked a year as a parochial school teacher in Virginia. Cao studied law at the Loyola School of Law from 1997 to 2000; after earning his J.D., he became an associate at the Waltzer Law Firm. After leaving Waltzer, he worked as in-house counsel for Boat People SOS, an organization "seeking to aid the social and cultural assimilation for poor immigrants." He opened a private practice, which he continues to operate, in 2002. Cao has also served on the Board of Elections for Orleans Parish, the Republican Parish Executive Committee and the Louisiana State Republican Executive Committee.

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