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 serves on the Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Committee of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. 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. During law school, Joy was president of Kentucky’s LGBTQ law student association, OUTLaw, and served as an extern for the Hon. John K. Bush of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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
Kentucky, 2021
Ohio, Pending Admission
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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
“No Longer Rolling the Dice: Third Circuit Clarifies the Classification of Gaming Licenses,” XL ABI Journal 10, 18-19, 49, October 2021.
March 17, 2023