Joey Blake
Associate
Joey’s practice focuses on sports litigation and intellectual property matters.
Joey is a litigation and intellectual property associate whose practice primarily consists of antitrust litigation, with a specific focus on college sports. Joey currently represents a class of student-athletes in litigation concerning Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) in House v. NCAA. Additionally, Joey counsels clients on NIL laws and policies.
Joey is also heavily involved in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice. As part of his practice, Joey assists clients on strategic management of their global trademark portfolios, including clearance, prosecution, counseling, disputes, and enforcement, and represents clients in Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings. Additionally, Joey litigates copyright infringement cases. In fact, he currently represents a group of music-focused companies and their CEO in opposing a copyright infringement claim that is being appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Prior to joining Winston, Joey interned at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where he assisted attorneys in providing indigent defense to multiple clients in the D.C. area.
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Commercial Litigation (2025)
- The National Black Lawyers’ “Top 40 Under 40” (2023)
Joey was chosen to participate in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2024 Pathfinders Program.
Credentials
Education
Joey received his B.A., magna cum laude, in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School in 2020, where he served as president of the Vanderbilt Bar Association and development editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law.
Admissions
- Texas
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