Joanna Plichta Boisen

Joanna Boisen is DWT's first chief pro bono and social impact officer. In this role, she directs and oversees the firm's acclaimed nationwide pro bono, social impact, and corporate social responsibility department. She develops and executes on entrepreneurial pro bono and community initiatives, client-interfacing opportunities, and cutting edge, high-impact pro bono matters. She also maintains her own pro bono clients focusing on underrepresented communities, Holocaust survivor reparation litigation, domestic violence advocacy, and income-eligible nonprofit organizations.

Joanna also serves as outside counsel to in-house legal departments interested in building out and developing sophisticated pro bono core priorities and programs.

Prior to joining DWT, Joanna was a partner and chair of the tax-exempt organizations group at one of Seattle’s leading law firms where she founded and developed an award-winning, nationally recognized pro bono program and served as that firm’s first pro bono counsel for 14 years.