Joanna Plichta Boisen

Joanna Boisen is DWT's first chief pro bono and social impact officer. In this role, she directs and oversees all aspects of the firm's nationwide pro bono, social impact, and corporate social responsibility programming. She works across practice groups and professional departments to develop and execute on entrepreneurial pro bono and community initiatives, client-interfacing opportunities, and cutting edge pro bono matters. She also maintains her own pro bono clients focusing on diverse communities, Holocaust survivor representation, 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.