Overview

Joseph Greener helps clients stay current and compliant with an ever-changing legal landscape by providing workplace training and drafting employee handbooks, policies, and employment agreements. He is a frequent presenter and trainer on sexual harassment, EEO, and IE&D.

In his experience as an employment litigator, Joe defends clients in administrative proceedings and federal court on matters involving Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, and USERRA. He also consults with clients on inclusion, equity and diversity matters. 

Joe also was a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia where he worked on decisions on discovery motions as well as reports and recommendations on dispositive motions. While attending law school, he worked in both the Department of Justice’s Civil Division’s Office of Vaccine Litigation and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Office of Special Masters. Joe served as the marketing editor of the Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Ambassador

The Equality Chamber of Commerce for the DC Metro Area

Former President, Student Bar Association

Wake Forest University School of Law

Recognition

Recipient, Dean's Award

For extraordinary contributions of a graduating student leader

Wake Forest University School of Law

Runner-up

Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition

2015

Semi-Finalist

Edwin M. Stanley Moot Court Competition

2014

News, Analysis & Press

If You Give a Mouse a Trademark: Disney’s Monopoly on Trademarks in the Entertainment Industry

Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property

2015

Speaking Engagements

2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Employer Conference

Washington, DC

June 8, 2022

2021 Mid-Atlantic Virtual Employer Conference

September 9, 2021

Education

  • J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 2016
  • B.A., University of Richmond, 2013magna cum laude

Bar Admission

District of Columbia
Virginia

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland