Joel is a North Carolina board certified workers’ compensation specialist and senior attorney with over 24 years of experience. Born and raised in Kissimmee, FL, Joel went to college at Georgia Southern University. He then attended law school at Tulane University, in New Orleans where he received his Juris Doctor degree in 2000. Following law school, Joel moved to Greensboro, NC to begin his practice of law and to be closer to family.
In 2011, Joel was selected by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, an award for lawyers under 40 years of age. This award is given out to no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, he repeated this achievement, receiving his second, third, and fourth Rising Star Awards from Super Lawyers. Joel has also received an AV Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating an attorney can receive. In addition to his awards, he is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and the Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group. Joel is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Outside of work Joel enjoys spending time with his wife and four children. In addition to his work helping injured workers, Joel also participates in food drives, previously served for several years on the board of Kids Chance of North Carolina (a charitable organization that helps to provide college scholarships to children of workers killed or catastrophically injured in a workplace accident), and with the Knights of Columbus.
