Recognition & Rankings

• Member, State Bar of Michigan Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• Recipient of the John W. Cummiskey Award, in recognition of outstanding pro bono contributions of a Michigan attorney (2011)
• Recipient of the Michael S. Barnes Award, in recognition of exemplary dedication to pro bono service (2010)
• Risk Reduction and AIDS Policy Commission for the State of Michigan (appointed by Governor John Engler, 1994); Grand Rapids Drug Task Force (1997)
• HIV/AIDS Informed Consent Task Force (liaison from the RRAP Commission, 1994)
• Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation
• Distinguished Student Award, Claudius B. Grant Class, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Professional Activities

Joy has presented on sophisticated medical-legal topics and was a member of the Michigan State Medical Society Speaker's Bureau. Joy's list of publications includes:

• AIDS: Discrimination And Testing
• AIDS: An Analysis Of The Risks; Confidentiality, Discrimination, and Testing
• Michigan Civil Procedure During Trial, Jury Selection.

Joy is also member of the following Associations:

• Federal Bar Association, Western District of Michigan
• American Bar Association: Litigation and Health Law Sections
• State Bar of Michigan
• Grand Rapids Bar Association

Bar Admissions

• United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Michigan Supreme Court

Community Activities

• American Red Cross of West Michigan (Board of Trustees)
• Grand Rapids Ballet (Board of Directors)
• Ivy Foundation (Board of Directors)
• AIDS Resource Center (past Chair, Board of Directors)
• AIDS Foundation of Kent County (Board of Directors, Vice Chair)
• Broadway Theater Guild (Steering Committee)
• Silent Observer Committee
• American Cancer Society (Volunteer)
• Routinely devotes time and pro bono work through Legal Aid of Western Michigan
• Gerontology Network (Board of Trustees)