Joanne advises a primarily employer client base on the whole range of HR and employment issues, both contentious and non-contentious.  She has developed a particular expertise in defending high value and complex discrimination claims.  She writes and lectures extensively on topical employment law matters, including for her local branch of the CIPD in Hertfordshire, has been interviewed on Radio 4's Law in Action and is actively involved in delivering seminars and training to clients.    

Joanne is heavily involved in the activities of the Employment Lawyers Association. She has recently been elected unopposed to the post of Chair of the Association from May 2010 and was previously Deputy Chairman since 2008.

Joanne graduated from the University of Exeter with a Masters Degree in European Law.  She qualified in September 1995 having trained with Lovells.  She joined Fox Williams as a newly qualified solicitor in 1997 and after moving to Baker & McKenzie and later Charles Russell (where she was a Partner from 2003), Joanne rejoined Fox Williams in April 2008 as a Partner in the Employment Department.