• Workers' Compensation

• J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
• B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (with distinction), 1999

• North Carolina State Bar
• U.S. District Court, Middle and Western District of North Carolina

Joel is a partner in the firm's Charlotte office.  His practice focuses in the area of workers' com-pensation defense.  Joel has handled workers' compensation matters for employers and workers' compensation carriers at Hedrick Gardner since 2003.  He has handled matters at all levels of workers' compensation litigation including mediated settlement conferences, hearings at the Deputy Commissioner and Full Commission levels, and appeals to the North Carolina Court of Appeals.