Joseph A. Ponzi

Joseph A. Ponzi


Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Recognized since 2021

Greensboro, North Carolina

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

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An experienced litigator, Joey Ponzi represents clients in the areas of environmental law, health care litigation, and complex business litigation. He regularly appears before state and federal, trial, appellate, and administrative courts.

He represents businesses in a wide variety of environmental litigation matters such as NPDES, Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act permitting, NEPA, SPCA, and civil penalty assessments. He has experience representing municipalities and water authorities in environmental contamination disputes. He also represents clients in cleanup disputes between responsible parties, and in insurance disputes over coverage for environmental contamination. Joey has appeared extensively in litigation before administrative bodies, as well as in trial and appellate courts, both state and federal.

Joey works with state and federal agencies and advises clients on various environmental issues, including Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act permitting, underground storage tanks, contaminated property, and land use. Examples include a brownfields project for the redevelopment of a 50+ acre historic mill, and permitting for a beach renourishment project. He has represented developers, municipalities, natural resource sector companies, and a range of other businesses.

Joey represents clients in a myriad of complex business disputes, including issues related to construction, motor carrier disputes, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practice claims, franchise disputes, land use, and quiet title actions. He regularly appears before trial and appellate courts. He is also experienced in alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration of large-scale public construction projects.

He represents clients in health care litigation, including Medicaid Waiver disputes with LME/MCOs, licensing and penalty disputes with DHHS. He has extensive experience in Medicaid payment disputes, including payment clawbacks and misprocessing of claims. He regularly appears before the Office of Administrative Hearings, and has substantial experience working and negotiating with regulators.

Contact & Links
Location
  • Renaissance Plaza, Suite 2000
    230 North Elm Street
    P.O. Box 26000
    Greensboro, NC 27420
Education
  • University of Virginia, J.D., graduated 2007
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., graduated 2002
Bar Admissions
  • North Carolina, North Carolina
Affiliations
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Member, Litigation Section
Court Admissions
  • US Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit
  • US District Court - Western District of NC
  • US District Court - Middle District of NC
  • US District Court - Eastern District of NC
  • US Court of Appeals - D.C. Circuit

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • Received the 2018 Good for Kids Award from the North Carolina Pediatric Society (2018)
  • Recognized in North Carolina Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) as a “Rising Star” in Business Litigation (2013-2014), and as a "Rising Star" in Environmental Litigation (2015, 2017-2020)
  • Recognized as one of the Triad Business Journal's "40 Leaders Under 40" (2018)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Health Care

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