Joanna D. Frazier

Joanna Frazier is a Senior Attorney and Assistant General Counsel. She regularly advises the firm on the rules of professional responsibility, ethics, conflicts of interest and other sensitive risk management issues.

Education

• J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, 1998
• B.S., University of California, Davis, 1994

Clerkships

• Externed for the Honorable Claudia Wilken in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Admissions

• California (1998)
• U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California

• Joanna was formerly an associate at Hinshaw & Culbertson practicing professional liability defense

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

Articles

• "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)