Associate

Joel joined V&A as an associate in January 2018, having previously served as a law clerk. Joel concentrates on plaintiff-side class action litigation exclusively focused on labor and employment matters.

During law school, Joel served as an intern at the Mayor’s Office of Labor Relations and the New York State Office of the Attorney General, Bureau of Labor. In addition, Joel served as an intern at the National Labor Relations Board, Division of Judges, and as a judicial intern for the Hon. Ramon E. Reyes, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Joel was also President of the Jewish Law Students Association.

Joel graduated from the CUNY Hunter College in 2014 and earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 2017.

Joel is fluent in Russian.


Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • The Southern District of New York
  • The Eastern District of New York