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.
University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 2021
Northern Kentucky University, B.S., Political Science, 2017, cum laude
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
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
American Bankruptcy Institute
International Women’s Insolvency Confederation (IWIRC)
workOUT Professionals
University of Kentucky College of Law
Production Editor, Kentucky Journal of Natural Resources Law
President, OUTLaw
“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
September 26, 2024 | Publications
Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 144 S. Ct. 2017 (June 27, 2024) In a hotly contested 5-4 opinion, ...
March 17, 2023 | Failed-Bank Response Team
SVB Financial Group, the corporate parent of Silicon Valley Bank, filed for Chapter 11 protection in...