Joshua is an attorney in Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black’s (WRVB) Labor & Employment, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, and Intellectual Property practice groups.
He focuses his labor and employment practice on issues related to discrimination, E-Verify, I-9 compliance, harassment, healthcare reform, and unfair competition. His litigation practice concentrates on business torts, contract disputes, and intellectual property disputes.
Josh, a North Carolina native, graduated magna cum laude from Appalachian State University, where he was nominated for the Outstanding/Distinguished Senior Award. During law school at the College of William & Mary, he worked for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Materials Litigation and Enforcement Division in Rockville, Md. Throughout his second year of law school, Josh clerked for the Hon. F. Bradford Stillman, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Before attending law school, Josh served as a law clerk with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the United States Trustee in Atlanta and spent four years as an investigator with a South Carolina firm.
Thought Leadership
Contributions
Quoted in “Some Roanoke-Area Employers Face Insurance Mandate”, The Roanoke Times
Speaking Engagements
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VASHRRA | Roanoke/Southwest Regional Event
October 18, 2019 -
VA Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration | VaSHHRA Regional Event: HR Legal Update
October 9, 2019
Seminars + Events
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40th Annual Labor & Employment Webinar Series
October 7 – November 4, 2021 -
HR LifeLine: 2020 Labor & Employment Webinar Series
Every Thursday in October, 2020
Recognition
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Eighteen Woods Rogers Attorneys Selected as 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers
April 15, 2020 -
Twenty-two Woods Rogers Attorneys Named 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers
April 11, 2019 -
Twenty-three Woods Rogers attorneys awarded honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine
April 20, 2018 -
Twenty-one Woods Rogers attorneys awarded honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine
May 1, 2017