Joe Brocato is a senior partner with Gozdecki, Del Giudice, Americus, Farkas & Brocato LLP, a prominent Chicago law firm. A serial entrepreneur and investor, he is also the Founder of Intense Coaching and Consulting Worldwide, an elite, international life coaching and business development consulting firm, Founder of Intense Artist Management, a dynamic and strategic music management company, and Co-Founder of Devotion City, Inc., which is building the creative industry’s largest accelerator. In his various personal and business endeavors, Joe has worked with some of the most prominent individuals and companies in the world.

He is also the author of Happy is Cool: How to Ignite the True Happiness in You, among other books, and has reached audiences large and small, writing for Forbes.com, Huffington Post, CEO World Magazine, StrategyDriven.com, Chicago Agent Magazine, and Leadership Excellence/HR.com and speaking for a variety of organizations, including Citibank, City of Chicago, Live Nation/House of Blues, Feel Good Health Clubs, Fowler International Academy of Professional Coaching, and FRETZIN, Inc., and guesting on radio shows including AM 560 THE ANSWER and Outlaw Radio.

Joe graduated from Loyola University Chicago, where he studied Economics. He received his law degree from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and served as an editor of the Northwestern University Law Review.