Joanna Frazier is Assistant General Counsel. She regularly advises the firm on the rules of professional responsibility, ethics, conflicts of interest and other sensitive risk management issues.
JoannaD.Frazier
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Overview
Experience
- Joanna was formerly an associate at Hinshaw & Culbertson practicing professional liability defense
Credentials
Clerkships
Externed for the Honorable Claudia Wilken in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Education
J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, 1998
B.S., University of California, Davis, 1994
Admissions
California
U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California
Honors
Twice received the American Jurisprudence Award for Writing & Research
Memberships
President, Queen's Bench Foundation (2007)
President, Queen's Bench Bar Association (2006)
Member, California Women Lawyers
Member, Ethics Committee, San Francisco Bar Association
Board of Directors, Child Care Law Center
Thought Leadership
- "When Delete Doesn't Mean 'Delete': The Discovery of Electronic Mail," The Professional Line, (Spring, 2003)
- "Recommending Appropriate Coverage: Why Employment Practices Liability Insurance," The Professional Line, (Spring, 2002)
- "Regulating Special Investigatory Units in the Legal Market," Legal Ledger, (1997)
- "IMSA and the Litigation Privilege," Legal Ledger, (1997)