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After graduating high school, Joey went active duty in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at McGuire AFB, NJ. Upon receiving an honorable discharge, he became a law enforcement officer in Mississippi and Alabama for nearly ten years. While in law enforcement, Joey worked in various divisions including Patrol, Warrant Entry Team, Investigations, Firearms Instruction, Coast-Regional High-Level Gang and Drug Prosecution Unit and U.S. Customs Blue Lightning Strike Force. Joey attended police academies in Alabama and Mississippi and was awarded Class President, Best Patrol Procedures and Firearms Top Gun at the Southwest Alabama Police Academy and Top Gun at the FBI Regional Firearms Instructor School.

In 1998, Joey entered the private sector investigating nursing homes for plaintiff attorneys across the country resulting in settlements and verdicts in excess of $100 million. Joey investigated one of the first Vioxx pharmaceutical cases to go to trial. It was in the Vioxx case that Joey found his passion for mass actions against large corporations and entities.

After earning his Bachelor’s Degree from Faulkner University, Joey earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at Mississippi College School of Law at the age of 44. While at MC Law, Joey served as two-term President of the American Association for Justice Student Chapter, served on the Board of Governors for the Mississippi Association for Justice Student Chapter, made the Dean’s List, was awarded Best Opening Statement, and placed second in his Trial Practice class.

Upon finishing law school, Joey joined the national mass action law firm of Sizemore-Taylor and focused primarily on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Joey devoted his entire first year with Sizemore-Taylor to working on a mass action pharmaceutical case that eventually settled for over $100 million. After the Los Angeles and Alabama offices of Sizemore-Taylor split, Joey remained in the Alabama office until he formed the Dumas Law Firm in 2012.

In 2012, Joey built a team of 67 law firms to take on BP, Haliburton and Transocean in a mass action on behalf of nearly 2,000 businesses and non-profits that suffered economic losses in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 

In 2015, Joey was contacted by a lawyer in Mississippi that was on Joey’s BP team asking Joey to build another team to help his friends—former NFL players—receive compensation in a mass action for the long-terms effects of head injuries. Joey agreed and helped build a team of lawyers, neurologists, neuropsychologists and other medical professionals from around the country to substantiate and maximize the player’s financial compensation. Joey’s team is currently seeking compensation for dozens of former NFL players.

Since 2016 Joey has utilized his law enforcement, investigative, mass action litigation and legal skills primarily representing local governments, in various states around the country, against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Joey has been interviewed or quoted by media sources around the world, including the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail, Canada’s Toronto Star and domestic publications such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, TMZ, Rolling Stone Magazine and various news outlets in Virginia.

Joey has also obtained compensation for his clients in various pharmaceutical, medical device and automobile accident cases. Further, Joey is currently representing clients in a variety of personal injury cases, including a maritime/Jones Act case.  

Currently, Joey is working with a group of Mississippi attorneys to launch SettleMyCase.com, a website designed to assist people all over the country to resolve their insurance disputes.

Joey previously volunteered for many years as a member of the City of Prichard Economic Development Advisory Board and has helped with various charity fundraisers.

In 2019 Joey was named Mississippi College’s School of Law, Young Lawyer of the Year. Joey was selected out of over 1,000 law school graduates, over the past 10 years.

Joey is Vice President, Venture Capitalist and co-owner of Origin Records, LLC with the late Matt Roberts, the former CEO and lead guitarist of the band 3 Doors Down.