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Areas of Practice
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Professional Background
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Court Admissions
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Bar Admissions
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Education
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Achievements
Areas of Practice
Ms. Hepburn is a trial attorney at K&L Gates. Ms. Hepburn's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including intellectual property litigation, employment litigation and class action defense. She has successfully litigated or settled cases involving trade secrets, trademark and copyright matters, non-competition agreements, discrimination claims, entertainment law matters, and complex contractual disputes. Ms. Hepburn has served as lead and second chair counsel for civil trials while working at the firm and tried criminal felony cases while participating in a trial fellowship program with the King County Prosecutor's office. She also has significant mediation and arbitration experience.
Publications
- “Update on Law of Class Certification in Washington: It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, It's How You Try the Case,“ Antitrust, Consumer Protection & Unfair Business Practices Section of the Washington State Bar Association Newsletter, Fall 2003 (with Todd Nunn).
Professional Background
Prior to attending law school, Ms. Hepburn worked as a DJ at several radio stations in the Midwest. She was also a DJ on KEXP, 90.3FM, in Seattle. She was a summer associate at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP in 2001.
Professional/Civic Activities
- Adjunct Professor, University of Washington, Electrical Engineering Department, Intellectual Property Seminar, Spring 2006
- Washington Women Lawyers
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Washington State Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Bar Admissions
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Bar of Minnesota
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Bar of Washington
Education
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J.D.,
Boston University School of Law
(2002)
cum laude, Note Editor Journal of Science and technology Law, National Moot Court Team
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B.A.,
University of Minnesota
(1995)
Journalism
Achievements
Joanne received the K&L Gates Jim Ellis Award in 2005 for outstanding pro bono service in the representation of a death row inmate.
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