Joy Wolfe Graves
662.323.9232 (direct)
662.323.3984 (general)
email:
jgraves@perrywinfield.com
Practice Areas:
Joy Wolfe Graves is a Mississippi and Alabama lawyer with experience representing clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including commercial litigation, insurance coverage actions, employment litigation, construction disputes, and insurance sales practice litigation. Prior to joining Perry, Winfield & Wolfe, P.A., Joy served as a law clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, served as Assistant University Counsel at the University of Southern Mississippi and practiced law in Jackson and Columbus, Mississippi and Birmingham, Alabama.
Joy is a member of the American Bar Association, the Mississippi Bar, and the Alabama State Bar.
Experience:
- Assisted in managing nation-wide litigation for major insurance company, including supervising litigation and pre-litigation claims in over 25 states
- Participated in drafting and implementing employee grievance policy for major state educational institution
- Obtained judgment in favor of major state educational institution in personal injury action
- Obtained summary judgment for major state educational institution in case alleging employment discrimination
- Represented major state educational institution before Mississippi Employment Commission
- Represented major state educational institution on claim of unlawful discrimination in hiring practices andobtained favorable jury verdict in federal court
- Participated in defense of major insurance company against claims of unfair sales practices, fraud and misrepresentation
- Prepared successful submission to United States Department of Justice for pre-approval of municipal redistricting under Voting Rights Act
- Obtained summary judgment for insurer on coverage claim involving injury on real property
Published Cases:
- Fair v. Lighthouse Carwash Systems, LLC, 961 So.2d 60 (Miss.Ct.App. 2007)
- Morrison v. Mississippi Enterprise for Technology, 798 So. 2d 567 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001)
Court Admissions:
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Education:
- Wofford College (B.A. 1993)
- University of Mississippi (J.D. 1996)