Meet the Pro Bono & Social Impact Team
Meet the Pro Bono & Social Impact Team
Joanna Plichta Boisen is DWT's first chief pro bono and social impact officer. In this role, she oversees the firm’s acclaimed nationwide pro bono, social impact, and corporate social responsibility department. She develops and executes on entrepreneurial pro bono and community initiatives, builds out client-interfacing opportunities, and procures cutting edge, high-impact pro bono matters. She also maintains her own pro bono clients focusing on underrepresented communities, Holocaust survivor reparation litigation, domestic violence advocacy, and income-eligible nonprofit organizations.
Joanna also serves as outside counsel to in-house legal departments interested in building out and developing sophisticated pro bono core priorities and programs.
Prior to joining DWT, Joanna was the first pro bono counsel, and then the first pro bono partner at a leading Seattle law firm where she spent 12 years and founded an award-winning, nationally recognized pro bono program while launching the firm’s first nonprofit practice.
With her team, Rachel sets the strategy and vision for DWT’s pro bono and social impact projects and initiatives nationwide, creates core programming, and works on key projects with DWT’s attorneys, staff, and clients. Rachel graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and worked as an actor and musician in New York City and Los Angeles before moving to Seattle. In Seattle, she earned her paralegal certificate from the University of Washington and worked in the investment management group in one of Seattle’s leading law firms. When the opportunity to focus exclusively on pro bono work arose at DWT, Rachel—with a lifelong commitment to community service—was thrilled at this prospect, and today focuses on access to justice, community outreach, and corporate social responsibility issues. She is passionate about sharing her thoughts and experiences on service to others and access to justice, with anyone who will listen.
Rachel currently serves as the secretary of the board of the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, an international mission-driven membership organization of over 300 attorneys and practice group managers who run pro bono practices in over 130 of the world’s largest law firms.
Rachel R. Brown
Director of Pro Bono & Social Impact
Rachel R. Brown
Director of Pro Bono & Social Impact
With her team, Rachel sets the strategy and vision for DWT’s pro bono and social impact projects and initiatives nationwide, creates core programming, and works on key projects with DWT’s attorneys, staff, and clients. Rachel graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and worked as an actor and musician in New York City and Los Angeles before moving to Seattle. In Seattle, she earned her paralegal certificate from the University of Washington and worked in the investment management group in one of Seattle’s leading law firms. When the opportunity to focus exclusively on pro bono work arose at DWT, Rachel—with a lifelong commitment to community service—was thrilled at this prospect, and today focuses on access to justice, community outreach, and corporate social responsibility issues. She is passionate about sharing her thoughts and experiences on service to others and access to justice, with anyone who will listen.
Rachel currently serves as the secretary of the board of the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, an international mission-driven membership organization of over 300 attorneys and practice group managers who run pro bono practices in over 130 of the world’s largest law firms.
KellyAnne Brophy
Pro Bono & Social Impact Manager
KellyAnne Brophy is the pro bono and social impact manager at DWT. She has worked in pro bono and social impact roles since 2017, managing employee volunteer programs. KellyAnne leads our social impact program and helps our lawyers and staff access pro bono opportunities that are personally meaningful to them.
A graduate of the University of Maryland, she holds a dual bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Sociology, and a minor in International Development. She also earned accreditation from the University of Pennsylvania’s executive program in social impact strategy.
KellyAnne Brophy
Pro Bono & Social Impact Manager
KellyAnne Brophy is the pro bono and social impact manager at DWT. She has worked in pro bono and social impact roles since 2017, managing employee volunteer programs. KellyAnne leads our social impact program and helps our lawyers and staff access pro bono opportunities that are personally meaningful to them.
A graduate of the University of Maryland, she holds a dual bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Sociology, and a minor in International Development. She also earned accreditation from the University of Pennsylvania’s executive program in social impact strategy.
Kaitlyn Fallon is DWT’s first pro bono corporate partnerships attorney. In this role, she leads and oversees the firm’s partnerships with in-house legal departments. From helping companies build out and develop sophisticated pro bono priorities to engaging in direct legal services for communities and causes they care about the most, Kaitlyn is the go-to resource for clients who want to do good in the world. Prior to joining the Pro Bono & Social Impact department, Kaitlyn was an associate in DWT’s Employment Services Group and represented employers in all aspects of their labor and employment law needs. Kaitlyn also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Steven L. Tiscione in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Kaitlyn is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont and Brooklyn Law School, and presently serves on the board of the New York Chapter of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law.
Kaitlyn Fallon
Pro Bono Corporate Partnerships Attorney
Kaitlyn Fallon
Pro Bono Corporate Partnerships Attorney
Kaitlyn Fallon is DWT’s first pro bono corporate partnerships attorney. In this role, she leads and oversees the firm’s partnerships with in-house legal departments. From helping companies build out and develop sophisticated pro bono priorities to engaging in direct legal services for communities and causes they care about the most, Kaitlyn is the go-to resource for clients who want to do good in the world. Prior to joining the Pro Bono & Social Impact department, Kaitlyn was an associate in DWT’s Employment Services Group and represented employers in all aspects of their labor and employment law needs. Kaitlyn also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Steven L. Tiscione in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Kaitlyn is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont and Brooklyn Law School, and presently serves on the board of the New York Chapter of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law.
Rachael Morgan
Pro Bono Specialist
Rachael Morgan is the pro bono specialist at DWT. In this role, she coordinates pro bono opportunities for the firm’s staff and attorneys, working towards building longstanding relationships with community partners that yield powerful collaborations benefiting in-need communities and causes. Prior to coming to the firm, Rachael completed an internship at the Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington’s Federal Civil Rights Legal Clinic.
Rachael is a graduate of the University of Washington and holds a double major in Political Science and Law, Societies, & Justice, as well as a minor in English.
Rachael Morgan
Pro Bono Specialist
Rachael Morgan is the pro bono specialist at DWT. In this role, she coordinates pro bono opportunities for the firm’s staff and attorneys, working towards building longstanding relationships with community partners that yield powerful collaborations benefiting in-need communities and causes. Prior to coming to the firm, Rachael completed an internship at the Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington’s Federal Civil Rights Legal Clinic.
Rachael is a graduate of the University of Washington and holds a double major in Political Science and Law, Societies, & Justice, as well as a minor in English.
Roxanne Elings is a leading partner in trademark and brand management and serves as the chair of the pro bono committee and the chair of the Media, Entertainment, Patent, Trademark and Advertising Practice Group’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Roxanne was acknowledged as one of The 20 Most Influential Women in IP by Law360, is regularly ranked one of the Top 250 Women in IP by Managing Intellectual Property, and rated one of the top attorneys nationally in trademark prosecution, enforcement/litigation, and anti-counterfeiting by World Trademark Review.
Roxanne’s passion for pro bono is evident in her past and ongoing work, which ranges from counseling nonprofits and women entrepreneurs in intellectual property matters to partnering with others in seeking justice for those convicted by Jim Crow juries. Roxanne also serves as chair of the board of trustees for the Manhattan Country School, a school that deeply values diversity and focuses on advancing equity and justice.
Roxanne Elings is a leading partner in trademark and brand management and serves as the chair of the pro bono committee and the chair of the Media, Entertainment, Patent, Trademark and Advertising Practice Group’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Roxanne was acknowledged as one of The 20 Most Influential Women in IP by Law360, is regularly ranked one of the Top 250 Women in IP by Managing Intellectual Property, and rated one of the top attorneys nationally in trademark prosecution, enforcement/litigation, and anti-counterfeiting by World Trademark Review.
Roxanne’s passion for pro bono is evident in her past and ongoing work, which ranges from counseling nonprofits and women entrepreneurs in intellectual property matters to partnering with others in seeking justice for those convicted by Jim Crow juries. Roxanne also serves as chair of the board of trustees for the Manhattan Country School, a school that deeply values diversity and focuses on advancing equity and justice.
Awards & Recognition
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Awards & Recognition
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
Ability, integrity, and service to others – these are the three pillars on which Davis Wright Tremaine was built. As our founding partner once famously said, “…unless we are serving mankind to the top extent of our ability and putting our best talent into that service, what good is life?”
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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
Ability, integrity, and service to others – these are the three pillars on which Davis Wright Tremaine was built. As our founding partner once famously said, “…unless we are serving mankind to the top extent of our ability and putting our best talent into that service, what good is life?”
Learn More at DWT.COM/PRO-BONO
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