Joe represents clients in complex construction and commercial litigation matters.

Joe has experience representing general contractors and owners in construction disputes involving delay claims, indemnification, mechanics’ liens, change orders, breach of contract, and construction defects on both public and private projects. His practice includes insurance coverage disputes related to construction and real estate matters. Joe’s litigation experience spans investigation, discovery, motion, mediation, arbitration, and trial practice.

Before joining Thompson Hine, Joe dedicated his career exclusively to public interest practice as the Fish & Richardson, P.C. and Microsoft Corporation Equal Justice Works Fellow at Bet Tzedek Legal Services, where he represented workers prosecuting wage theft and employment rights claims. During his fellowship, Joe recovered more than $120,000 in stolen wages for individual clients, regularly delivered community legal education presentations, contributed to state and local legislative reform efforts, built new community partnerships in South Los Angeles, and developed pro bono resources benefitting working parents and caregivers.

As a law student, Joe co-authored a report on state and local street vendor regulatory reform, served as co-executive director of UCLA Law’s student-run legal clinics, and was chief note editor of the Disability Law Journal. A graduate of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles’s Rautenberg New Leaders Project, Joe maintains an active pro bono practice and is fluent in Spanish.