Joyce Gist Lewis Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Greater Atlanta Area

An advocate for private companies and governmental entities in and out of the courtroom. Joyce’s two decades of experience includes serving as lead counsel for claims involving professional liability, director and officer liability, business divorce, real estate litigation, employment discrimination defense, and catastrophic injury defense. Her appellate experience includes arguing cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and successfully petitioning for certiorari to Georgia’s Supreme Court. Joyce is also a top choice for government clients seeking counsel in sensitive intra-agency disputes and investigations. Her reputation as a principled trial advocate has resulted in Joyce being named to the “short-list” of nominees recommended by Georgia’s Judicial Nominating Commission for appointment to the Georgia Court of Appeals in 2018 and to the Atlanta Judicial Circuit in 2011 and 2012.

Greater Atlanta Area

Managing partner of NAMWOLF member law firm with a practice devoted to complex commercial litigation and tort defense; Tried multiple cases to jury verdict; Argued before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; Prepared and argued dispositive motions and Daubert motions in state and federal court; Has taken and defended multiple expert depositions in medical malpractice, products liability, and other personal injury cases; Successfully negotiated as lead counsel on behalf of both defendants and plaintiffs at numerous mediations and arbitrations.

Atlanta, Georgia

Liability defense and commercial litigation; tried cases to jury verdict in state and federal courts as lead counsel and associate counsel; prepared and argued dispositive, Daubert, and discovery motions.

Defense of governmental liability claims, including, but not limited to, medical malpractice, premises liability, defamation, excessive force, child neglect, and employment discrimination; Appeared as second-chair counsel in multiple defense cases for claims ranging from nuisance to property to medical malpractice;Appeared at multiple TRO hearings in state and federal court as counsel to multinational securities firm seeking to enforce employment covenants;Obtained summary judgment in favor of plaintiff in Fair Debt Collections Practices Act case in federal court; Prepared and argued multiple dispositive motions to successful conclusion in state and federal courts.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Moot Court, Student Trial Lawyers Association, Bleckley Inn of Court, Association of Women Law Students, Atlanta.

Ba, Magna Cum Laude, English, Theatre Arts

Activities and Societies: Dean's List (all semesters), English Honor Society, study abroad (London, England)Graduated magna cum laude