Joshua provides complete legal guidance to companies and governmental entities that seek to create a healthy work environment where management and staff flourish together.
He leads Sands Anderson's Investigations Team and as a member of the Labor and Employment Team guides employers in North Carolina and Virginia through the challenges of workplace issues and conflicts. Joshua's practice encompasses a wide range of employment law issues, including internal investigations, employee complaints, disputes over restrictive covenants, and other difficult personnel decisions. Trusted by employers to handle sensitive third-party workplace investigations, Joshua helps businesses understand the roots of conflict, determine whether legal risks are present, and chart a clear path forward.
Before entering private practice, Joshua served for nearly two decades with the U.S. Department of Justice, defending federal agencies at all stages of litigation. While there, he conducted a wide range of investigations, recommended corrective measures, and advised management on litigation risks. He also represented management interests in discovery and at trial.
Joshua understands the importance of cultivating a supportive workplace culture while minimizing the likelihood of costly litigation. When litigation is unavoidable, however, he guides his clients from the earliest stages of an administrative complaint through trial and the appellate process. His wealth of experience includes litigating claims under Title VII, the ADA, ADEA, and Pregnancy Discrimination Act, trade secrets laws, as well as Section 1983.
In addition to his employment litigation experience at the Department of Justice, Joshua has represented federal agencies in cases involving the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act, Administrative Procedure Act, Freedom of Information Act, federal election laws, criminal statutes, and constitutional law.
Joshua has a wealth of appellate experience. He has argued before the D.C. or Fourth Circuits 25 times, and he has submitted more than 100 briefs to those courts.
Outside of the office, Joshua is a published author and national commentator on faith and family issues.
