
Joseph R. Coules
Principal
Experience
Joseph R. Coules is a principal in the firm’s Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Practice Group. His practice focuses on representing employers, restaurants, and other retail establishments, in the defense of an array of workers’ compensation and liability claims in state and federal courts, and administrative tribunals. He also actively defends product manufacturers in toxic tort claims, corporations and privately held companies in premises liability and general commercial liability disputes, as well as insured entities and their employees in motor vehicle related property and bodily injury claims and lien disputes.
Admitted
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2009)
- Central Michigan University (B.A.A., Public Relations, 2006)
Affiliations & Associations
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
- Kappa Omicron Nu National Honor Society
Special Achievements & Honors
- Virginia Rising Stars®: 2023