Joey is an employment and education attorney at Alexander DeGance and Barnett. He grew up in Jacksonville and takes pride in representing local and national employers operating on the First Coast. Joey has experience representing clients from various industries, including financial, health care, public sector, and hospitality. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked in the restaurant industry for several years, supporting himself through college and law school. Joey’s background allows him to draw on practical experience when advising clients on employment related issues.
Joey strives to provide insightful and effective legal advice and aims to be a problem-solver for clients. His practice primarily focuses on discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environments that occur in the workplace. Joey has extensive experience navigating the intricacies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and Florida Civil Rights Act. He also represents employers before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR), and the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission (JHRC).
Joey believes that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. He has presented and conducted corporate trainings on how to avoid ending up in a lawsuit. Joey also advises employers and their managers how to properly conduct workplace investigations, the importance of documenting performance or behavioral issues, and much more.
Joey currently serves as the Chair for the national non-profit the Center for Violence Prevention Research.
Joey enjoys staying up to date on local developments in and around the Urban Core. During the fall, you will find he and his wife, Emmalee, at the Bank rooting for the Jaguars. They enjoy a good meal and drink in San Marco. If you see them walking Suki, their lovely Shiba Inu, on the Southbank Riverwalk, be sure to say hi!
