Couch White LLP

Construction and Commercial and Complex Litigation

Partner

Joel represents contractors, subcontractors, material-men, owners, sureties and design professionals in all manner of construction-focused contract development, negotiation and administration, as well as mediation, arbitration and litigation of the full spectrum of construction and commercial litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Albany County Bar Association New York State Bar Association American Bar Association Northern District of New York Federal Bar Association Vermont Bar Association Florida Bar Association ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry Associated General Contractors of America Labor and Employment Law Council Ranked in Band 3 by Chambers & Partners in the 2025 USA Guide for New York State Construction Listed in Martindale Hubbell AV preeminent peer review rating Named to Best Lawyers in America 2026 in the practice area of Commercial Litigation, Construction Law Rated by Super Lawyers in the Upstate New York Edition for Construction Litigation

St. Lawrence University, A.B., 1968; Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1971