Joy Dowdle

Practice Areas

S. Joy Dowdle is a partner in the Litigation Department of Paul Hastings and is co-chair of the firm's Houston office. She represents corporations, audit and special committees, and individual officers and directors in internal investigations, as well as investigations by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory agencies. Joy has particular experience with international anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC) law, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Corporations of all sizes across industries turn to Joy for practical advice and partnership in the design, enhancement and implementation of their compliance programs (including policies and procedures, and internal controls); designing and providing comprehensive compliance training to boards and management, employees and third parties; advising on and conducting transactional anti-corruption and regulatory risk assessments as well as due diligence and integration; and conducting investigations and corporate monitorships in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Joy served as a law clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and practiced law in Houston, Washington, D.C. and London.

Personal

• Mississippi College School of Law, J.D. (summa cum laude, Editor-in-Chief-Mississippi College Law Review, Member-Moot Court Board)

• Mississippi College, B.S. (summa cum laude)