Joanna Wright

Career

A nationally recognized litigator, advisor, and trial lawyer, Joanna has deep experience in complex civil litigation, having handled nearly every kind of high-stakes dispute. According to Chambers USA, where Joanna is ranked in Commercial Litigation, she is “one of the more creative and tenacious litigators out there. She stands out for her ability to master complex cases quickly and her practical problem-solving.” Clients describe her as “brilliant," reporting that she “crafts unique legal strategies” that “yield significant, positive results” while “identifying the critical non-legal concerns that all businesses must consider when disputes arise.”

As a trial lawyer, Joanna has extensive experience representing companies and individuals in the courtroom. She has led over 15 trial teams in federal court, state court, and in arbitration, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, including commercial disputes, securities fraud, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, novel constitutional claims, product liability, class actions, and large MDL bellwethers.

She is also a highly skilled crisis manager, regularly called upon by Fortune 100 companies who told Chambers they rely on her “responsive no-nonsense advice” dispensed while “navigating difficult circumstances to get to the right result.” Her clients include companies, officers, and directors in diverse sectors, including consumer goods, chemicals, energy, technology, and financial services.

Most recently, Joanna advised 3M in its agreement with the court-appointed negotiating plaintiffs' counsel to resolve the Combat Arms Earplug litigation against Aearo Technologies (Aearo) and 3M. She successfully resolved that case for $6 billion and is overseeing its implementation and final resolution. As part of that resolution, she successfully argued for a novel application of Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Laws permitting the use of $1 billion in securities.

Her reputation as a forceful advocate is recognized across the industry. In addition to being ranked by Chambers in General Commercial Litigation, Lawdragon has ranked her as a Leading Lawyer and Leading Litigator. Benchmark recognized her as a 40 & Under honoree in 2023 and as a Future Star in 2022 and for 2025. The American Lawyer named her Young Lawyer of the Year in 2021 and Bloomberg Law named her to their highly competitive “They’ve Got Next: The 40 and under” list in 2024.

Joanna is deeply committed to her pro bono practice, securing significant victories in the nation’s most critical matters of recent years. Most recently, just 72 hours after the Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade, she obtained injunctive relief against multiple abortion bans in Louisiana—the first in the country. She went on to obtain three additional TROs and a preliminary injunction before favorably settling the case. She currently represents a reproductive healthcare clinic in Florida wrongly denied their license to provide reproductive healthcare. She also serves on the board of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

Prior to joining Jenner, Joanna was a partner and Executive Committee member at a leading New York litigation firm.