Matthew R. Joyner   mjoyner@bdj-law.com

Mr. Joyner helps entrepreneurs start, run, buy and sell businesses. Several of Mr. Joyner's clients are franchised businesses.   Matt’s clients benefit from his years of “hands on” practical experience running a business as General Counsel and Vice President of Administration of an international manufacturing company, as well as his prior experience in the courtroom as a commercial litigator.   A Chapel Hill, North Carolina native, Mr. Joyner focuses his practice on corporate and commercial matters, including LLC formations and operating agreements, corporate asset purchases and sales, and negotiating and drafting business contracts, commercial real estate leases and franchise agreements. 

Professional Activities

ABA Forum on Franchising (Member)

NC Bar Association Business Law Section (Member)

NC LLC Act Legislation Committee, NC Bar Association (Member)

Corporate Counsel Section, NC Bar Association (Former Chair)

Corporate Counsel Section, Mecklenburg County Bar Association (Former Chair)

NC Manufacturers and Chemical Industry Council (Former Board Member)

Education and Clerkships

Law Clerk to Hon. J. Dickson Phillips, Jr.

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

JD from University of Pennsylvania Law School

            Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

AB from Dartmouth College

            Magna Cum Laude

            Phi Beta Kappa

Civic Involvement

Rotary Club of Charlotte (Youth Exchange Officer and Former Director)

Independent Physicians of the Carolinas (Counsel)

Tuck Alumni of the Carollinas (Counsel)

Cub Scout Pack 11, Providence UMC (Assistant Cubmaster, Assistant Webelos Den Leader, Wood Badge Course S5-415-11-1, Owl Patrol)

Aldersgate Continuing Care Retirement Center (Former Director)

Methodist Home Child Development Center (Former President)

Licenses

Licensed to practice in North Carolina