About

Joe Grubb is a Deputy Attorney General in the Homicide Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice’s (“DDOJ”) Criminal Division and is also the Director of Training and Trial Advocacy for the DDOJ. Joe is a graduate of the University of Delaware (class of 2002). Joe obtained his J.D. from Widener University School of Law (now the Delaware Law School, class of 2005). Joe has past served as the Chief New Castle County Prosecutor, the Assistant Unit Head of the Felony Trial Unit and the Assistant Unit Head of the Misdemeanor Trial Unit. He has handled numerous homicides, rapes, violent gang, gun, and drug cases including notable prosecutions of the NorthPak gang, Daniel Santucci, Frederick Gray, Luis Sierra, and Monir George. Joe is a past member of the Superior Court Criminal Rules Committee, the National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators, the National Best Practices for Attorneys Committee, the DDOJ Death Penalty Review Committee, and the Advisory Board of the Delaware Violent Death Reporting System. Joe also teaches various criminal and legal classes at Wilmington University, teaches across the county as a faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), and was named Deputy Attorney General of the Year in 2021, as well one of Delaware Today magazine’s 2023 & 2024 Top Lawyers.