Joe is knowledgeable, responsive, friendly, and gives excellent advice and guidance. He is able to flex his guidance based on the client’s business needs.
2024 Chambers USA
He is one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with. He is smart and detail oriented.
2023 Chambers USA
Joe Kroeger is a go-to labor and employment attorney with a national practice, who is enthusiastic about counseling his clients on the prevention side of employment claims and positioning problem employment situations for the best possible defense. Clients appreciate his proactive efforts, as well as his ability to serve his customers’ needs in an effective and cost-efficient manner. As a former in-house counsel, Joe brings a wealth of experience and corporate perspective that enables him to better understand the issues his clients face. His clients range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies in a wide spectrum of industries, including banks and financial institutions, hospitals and health care providers, transportation companies, non-profit organizations, and many others.
Joe’s practice includes representing clients in a wide variety of areas, including:
- employment discrimination and harassment
- wrongful discharge
- breach of contract
- misappropriation of trade secrets
- non-competition/non-solicitation matters
- social media
- alternative dispute resolution and arbitration agreements
- labor arbitrations
- NLRB charges
- employee background checks and drug testing
- employer protection of intellectual property
Joe has litigation experience in a variety of federal and state judicial and administrative forums, as well as class action litigation. He has led cases to favorable verdicts in front of both federal and state juries.
As a top lawyer in his field, Joe is ranked as a Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business® in Labor & Employment, as well as a Best Lawyer in America® in the areas of Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, and Litigation-Labor and Employment. He is also recognized by Southwest Super Lawyers® in the area of Employment Litigation: Defense. Joe has a reputation as an effective and creative problem-solver for a wide variety of matters, both big and small.
Joe is the managing partner of the firm’s Tucson office. He is licensed to practice in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Illinois.
Finally, Joe is passionate about giving back to the community and currently serves on the board of United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona. Joe is also active in the Southern Arizona Leadership Council and serves in their Governance Committee.
