Joy Gary is an attorney for the State of Connecticut and handles legal matters for the Department of Consumer Protection. Joy is a former Assistant State’s Attorney for the State of Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice, where she prosecuted criminal matters in the State of Connecticut.

Joy graduated from Howard University, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Psychology in 2012. She graduated from Touro Law Center with a Juris Doctor in 2015.

Joy worked as a Legislative Attorney in the Legislative Commissioners’ Office, where she drafted legislation and provided legal counsel to the members of the Connecticut General Assembly. Joy also worked as a Temporary Assistant Clerk for the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch in the New Haven Judicial District.

Joy is a former president of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association and serves as a member of the State of Connecticut Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Joy is a member of the New Haven (CT) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and she is the President of the Fairfield County Chapter of Chums, Incorporated. Additionally, Joy serves as a commissioner on the New Haven City Plan Commission.