Joseph L. Edwards, Jr. Associate

Joseph L. Edwards, Jr. is a senior associate in Prince Lobel’s Employment Law and Litigation Practice Groups. He represents employers and employees in state and federal courts and administrative agencies in a full range of employment matters, including sex, race, and handicap discrimination claims, employment contracts, severance issues, and noncompete agreements. Joe provides management training as well as seminars in preventing sexual harassment in the workplace for both managers and their employees. He is certified by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination to conduct anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training. In addition, Joe represents clients in general litigation matters.

Joe is a frequent speaker and panelist at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) and other educational venues, where he has spoken on topics such as: MCAD Mock Trial: Race and Sex Discrimination, MCAD Mock Trial: Sexual Harassment, and Age and Handicap Discrimination Claims: Representing the Employee or Employer in an MCAD Public Hearing.   

Prior to joining Prince Lobel, Joe served as a staff attorney at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, where he litigated claims at public hearings and represented the MCAD in the trial and appellate courts of the Commonwealth. Before working at MCAD, Joe practiced litigation at Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice in North Carolina. Immediately after law school, Joe was selected to serve as a law clerk to the justices of Massachusetts Superior Court. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy.

Joe is currently a member of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce Human Resource Association Steering Committee.

Bar Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts
• North Carolina

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1993
• Suffolk University, B.S. 1989

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association

Professional Activities

• Steering Committee, Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce Human Resource Association