Faculty Profile: S. Gregory Joy

S. Gregory Joy is a partner in the Atlanta office of Smith Currie Oles LLP. Gregg has divided his practice between public and private contracting, having handled hundreds of construction, commercial, and government contracts cases since 1984. Gregg has represented owners, prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers throughout the United States, as well as the Caribbean, South America, Saudi Arabia, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He has represented clients on projects including power plants, public transit systems, manufacturing plants, hospitals, courthouses, schools, university buildings, office buildings, churches, casinos, steel mill, public park, public flood control, U.S. Navy wharf, federal and state military training facilities, federal air traffic control facility, water and wastewater treatment facilities, water and sewer utility lines, warehouses, retail stores, condominiums, and apartment construction projects. He has also represented concessionaires and service contractors regarding federal, state and local contracts including maintenance, food services, security services, refuse collection and disposal, laundry services, and other services.

Gregg has represented clients pursuing and defending against claims in federal and state courts, federal boards of contract appeals, administrative proceedings, arbitrations, and mediations throughout the United States, placing an emphasis on trying to resolve claims to try to minimize risks and costs. He has also helped contractors to obtain or maintain federal, state and local contracts through bid protests and SBA size protests and has successfully defended contractors whose accepted bids for contracts have been challenged. Gregg also has had extensive experience with mechanics’ lien and public bond matters throughout the United States. He has worked with legislators and construction industry groups to write and revise several portions of the Georgia mechanics’ and materialmen’s lien and public works bond laws.

Gregg received his Bachelor of Arts degree and law degree from the University of Virginia. While in law school, he served as a law clerk at the Army Judge Advocate General School in Charlottesville, Virginia focusing on government contracts and federal procurement.

Gregg has been named a Georgia Super Lawyer in Construction Law by the publishers of Law & Politics and Atlanta magazine, to Best Lawyers in America in Construction Law, and a Top Rated Lawyer in Construction Law by American Lawyer Media. He has spoken at over 150 seminars on topics including construction law, government contract law, international contracting and environmental law, and has authored numerous publications and articles on various legal issues.