As an experienced higher education attorney and former administrator, Joy offers clients practical solutions for compliance, policy development, training, streamlining case management and fostering respectful environments.
College and university clients value Joy’s uniquely broad experience at the intersection of law, employment and higher education. Joy is familiar with the hurdles and opportunities of private medical campuses, small liberal arts colleges, large state institutions and primarily online institutions, among others. She offers client advice on a range of higher education issues, including faculty and staff employment, tenure, student affairs, investigations, threat assessment, and youth protection matters. Joy has particular experience handling matters relating to sexual misconduct, discrimination and harassment (including Title IX, VAWA, ADA and Title VII matters), having led the Office of Institutional Equity at a leading private university.
Joy has navigated educational legal matters from multiple perspectives in roles at the Educational Affairs Division of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General, and more recently at Johns Hopkins where she served as both Assistant Vice Provost and Title IX Coordinator as well as Interim Vice Provost for Institutional Equity.
She is known as an engaging communicator who is able to quickly identify client needs, deliver practical advice, and help clients implement legal strategy for optimal results.