Joel’s practice focuses on professional liability insurance coverage and commercial litigation.

Before joining BSWB, Joel gained broad litigation experience representing clients in state and federal courts as an associate at a class action litigation firm in Chicago for over two years. In his former position, Joel worked on major complex litigation – including certified class actions and multidistrict litigation – involving securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, consumer fraud, civil RICO, invasion of privacy, racial discrimination, and qui tam allegations, among others. As the lead associate on many cases, Joel directly participated in all aspects of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, and mediation.

During law school, Joel clerked for United States Magistrate Judge Hugh W. Brenneman of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.