Morgan

Joel is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group.

• Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation
• Insurance
• Premises Liability
• Commercial Litigation

• Joel received his B.S. from Virginia Tech and his J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law. He has served as trial counsel in litigation and in mediations and arbitrations in both federal and state courts. Joel’s primary areas of focus include personal injury defense, flood insurance litigation and subrogation. Joel has extensive first chair trial experience, handling all aspects of cases from start to finish, including trying numerous cases to verdict before both judges and juries. More recently, Joel’s practice has focused on flood insurance litigation involving the National Flood Insurance Program.

• Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
  • Virginia Rising Stars, 2009-2010, 2012-2017
• Award for Significant Service, Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference, 2012

• Texas, 2023
• Virginia, 2003
• Florida, 2021
• U.S. Court of Appeals
  • 4th Circuit
  • 5th Circuit
  • 6th Circuit
  • 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Courts
  • Virginia: Eastern, Western
  • Florida: Middle, Northern, Southern
  • Texas: Eastern, Southern
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

• University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2003
  • Articles Editor, University of Richmond Law Review
  • President, Trial Advocacy Board
  • CALI Award, Complex Litigation
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.S., 2000

• Richmond Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar Association
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

• Co-Author, "Navigating Rough Waters: A Pre-Litigation Compass," 2024 Litigation Update: Navigating Emerging Trends and Technology, March 2024.

• Wills for Heroes, VSB Co-Chair, 2006-2016