“She is very strong on litigation strategy…She is great at making complex matters approachable”
— Chambers USA 2025
Joyce Ackerbaum Cox is an experienced employment attorney, focusing her practice on the management side of employment law matters for clients in all industries, particularly the hospitality, restaurant, healthcare and energy sectors. Joyce has a national practice and is a trusted advisor to many clients for both counseling and litigation. With a deep understanding of clients’ businesses, Joyce partners with them to proactively avoid potential problems and provide practical solutions.
Joyce regularly defends employers involved in discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, wage and hour compliance, and disability/leave, reduction-in-force and WARN Act issues. She has significant experience defending those matters brought as a class or collective action and in performing complex/high-level workplace investigations.
Joyce advises on matters concerning violations of noncompete/nonsolicitation agreements and misappropriation of trade secrets. She has handled many high-profile cases around the country, with results favorable to the clients. She also advises on and prepares employment contracts, including executive contracts.
Additionally, Joyce handles matters regarding accessibility compliance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). She counsels and litigates these cases for both employers and public accommodations in general, and over the years has handled in excess of 100 cases regarding accessibility of brick and mortar locations, as well as websites.
Joyce is the Orlando Office Lead of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group, which is Chambers-ranked as Band 1 for Florida firms. She is also Chair of the firm's Disability Talent Engagement Forum.
