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Joy’s practice focuses on corporate restructuring and creditors’ rights matters, including bankruptcy and insolvency-related litigation as well as out-of-court workouts. She represents corporate debtors, secured creditors, creditor’s committees, landlords and unsecured creditors in all phases of bankruptcy proceedings. Additionally, Joy counsels clients on general corporate and commercial matters and Uniform Commercial Code matters, with an emphasis on healthcare receivables. She also represents original equipment manufacturers and suppliers in automotive distress matters, including large supplier and automotive bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings.

Prior to joining Frost Brown Todd, Joy served as a term law clerk for the Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia, where she drafted judicial opinions and managed an active docket.

Other Info About Joy

Education

Law School

University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 2021

Undergraduate School

Northern Kentucky University, B.S., Political Science, 2017, cum laude

Clerkships

Joy served as a clerk for the court(s) and judge(s) below:

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn

Extern, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Hon. John K. Bush

Bar Memberships

Joy is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Kentucky, 2021

Ohio, 2023

Courts

Joy is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute

International Women’s Insolvency Confederation (IWIRC)

workOUT Professionals

Civic Activities

Civic & Charitable Organizations

University of Kentucky College of Law

Production Editor, Kentucky Journal of Natural Resources Law

President, OUTLaw

Major Publications

Joy is an author or contributor to the following publications:

Co-Author, “Distressed Auto Industry Players Have Options to Avoid Bankruptcy,” Bloomberg Law, October 2024

“The Expiration of the Increased Subchapter V Debt Limit and Its Impact on Small Business Debtors,” ABI Journal, March 2024

“No Longer Rolling the Dice: Third Circuit Clarifies the Classification of Gaming Licenses,” XL ABI Journal 10, 18-19, 49, October 2021

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