Joseph L. Edwards, Jr. is an associate in Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye’s Employment Law and Litigation Practice Groups. Joe represents employers and employees in state and federal courts, as well as administrative agencies, in a full range of employment matters, including sex, race, and handicap discrimination claims, employment contracts, severance issues, and non-compete agreements. Joe also conducts sexual harassment training sessions for the managers and employees of the firm’s clients, as well as for non-clients. In addition, he represents clients in domestic relations and commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Prince Lobel, Joe served as a staff attorney at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, where he litigated the claims of pro se complaints at public hearings, represented the MCAD in the trial and appellate courts of the Commonwealth, and served as the legal advisor to the Commission’s housing unit. Previously, Joe was a litigation associate at Womble Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, a major North Carolina firm, where he represented Fortune 100 clients in complex product liability and personal injury cases before going to the MCAD. Immediately after law school, Joe was selected to serve as a law clerk to the Justices of the Superior Court. 

Joe currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston.

Bar Admissions

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

Education

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

Memberships

• Boston Bar Association
• American Bar Association