Joseph Woodward is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group. Joe also maintains a robust pro bono practice focused on civil and disability rights.
Joe earned his Juris Doctor, with pro bono honors, from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2025. At Berkeley, he served on the Berkeley Business Law Journal and was a member of the Berkeley Law Alternate Dispute Resolution Team. During law school, Joe served as judicial extern to Judge Troy L. Nunley of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. He also served as pro se judicial extern to Judges Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers, Araceli Martínez-Olguín, and Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, primarily working on prisoner civil rights litigation and habeas corpus petitions.
Before attending law school, Joe graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, and spent several years as a financial analyst at a large law firm in Boston.
Joe is admitted to practice in the state of California.
Capabilities
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Class Actions
- Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
- Public Policy
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- University of California, Berkeley - 2025 Juris Doctor
- Boston University - 2020 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- California Bar
News & Insights
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Joseph Woodward Writes for Boston Political Review