Joel P. Hoxie is co-chair of Snell & Wilmer's Commercial Litigation practice group. He maintains a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice, with a particular emphasis on securities and financial services institution litigation in both federal and state courts and arbitration before SRO, AAA, and other tribunals.
Joel has represented many financial services institutions, including retail and investment banks, commercial lenders, insurance companies, underwriters, broker-dealers, and venture capital firms in disputes, including class actions, involving federal and state securities, civil racketeering and consumer protection statutes, and various common law contract and tort, including lender liability, claims. He has defended numerous broker-dealers, registered representatives, and investment advisers against claims involving alleged breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, unauthorized trading, churning, unsuitability, selling away, and failure to supervise. Joel also has represented other corporate and individual clients on a wide variety of litigation and arbitration matters, including breach of contract claims, SEC and stock exchange inquiries and investigations, merger and acquisition and director and officer claims, internal corporate investigations, privately held corporation and partnership disputes, and predatory raiding and hiring, trade secret, and non-competition issues.
In addition to his membership in national, state, and local bar associations, Joel is a member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Compliance and Legal Division, The International Association of Defense Counsel, and the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel. He has served as a faculty member and author on numerous national, state, and local continuing legal education programs.
