JOI MORRIS
Senior Counsel
Freeman Freeman & Smiley, LLP
Joi Morris is an experienced trusts and estates lawyer and nonprofit leader with over 30 years of combined legal and nonprofit experience. Her dedication to social justice and community service is evident in her work, which has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Public Counsel Pro Bono Award, the Spirit of Empowerment Award, and an American Medical Writer’s Association Award.
Morris’ early career involved working as part of a team of attorneys that recovered what was at that time the largest verdict against a slumlord in Los Angeles. Throughout her career, she has been committed to helping families and communities, especially in her advocacy for families facing inherited breast and ovarian cancer. She served on the board of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered and is an advocate in science with Susan G. Komen for the Cure.