Joanna A. Hutchins

Joanna originally emigrated from Northern England with her family at the age of five. She grew up in the Bay Area and moved to Southern California upon starting college at UC Irvine. Joanna studied Criminology, Law, and Society and spent her junior and senior year interning at the Public Defender’s office, where she first discovered her passion for providing a voice for the voiceless.

Joanna started at the firm as a law clerk in 2014 while studying at Pepperdine School of Law. At Pepperdine, she was awarded the Faculty Scholar scholarship, earned four CALI awards as well as Best Petitioner Brief in the Vincent Dalsimer Moot Court Competition, and graduated cum laude in the top 15% of her class. She was also a member of the Moot Court Board, the Dispute Resolution Law Journal, and Phi Delta Phi. After passing the bar, she spent the next two years as an associate at Nettesheim Law in Ventura, also specializing in Elder Abuse & Neglect cases.

Since becoming a lawyer, Joanna has spent her entire career representing elderly and dependent victims who have been abused or neglected by their care providers – including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, doctors, and other care providers. She is deeply committed to serving her clients with integrity, kindness, and excellence. She brings thoughtfulness and resolve to her representation of clients and is relentless in her advocacy. Her passion for giving voice to the vulnerable continues to be at the heart of her practice.

Joanna lives in Thousand Oaks with her husband and two children.