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 Joyce joined our firm as of counsel in 2001, and became a partner in 2002 after practicing employment discrimination, civil rights, and labor law for 18 years in Seattle and in New York City. A native of New Jersey, Joyce earned her B.A. in history, summa cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego, in 1976, and her J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1980. Joyce frequently lectures on a variety of subjects before bar and professional groups and is particularly proud that in 2001, she received the Community Legal Services Award from the King County Bar Association for her pro bono work on behalf of individuals infected with HIV.
Joyce is a member and past Chair of the Washington State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, a member of the King County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section where she served as the 2007 co-chair of the EEO subcommittee of the Planning Committee for the King County Bar Association’s Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law Conference and a member of QLaw, the GLBT Bar Association of Washington where she is a member of the judicial evaluation committee. She also is an active member of the Washington Employment Lawyers Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Northwest Women’s Law Center and the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. In 2003, Joyce was inducted into The Outstanding Lawyers of America.
In addition to her litigation and arbitration practice where she represents employees and union clients, Joyce handles licensing issues on behalf of a wide range of healthcare providers.
Joyce was selected by United States District Court Judge Bernice B. Donald, of the United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee, to serve as a legal delegate to South Africa to assist in the development of a strong, independent, effective judiciary for all South Africans. Joyce also was selected by Justice Robert F. Utter, retired, of the Washington State Supreme Court, to serve as a legal professional delegate to Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic to study and compare the post-communist legal systems of these countries with international standards for the rule of law.
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