Joan Campau

About Joan

Joan is a rigorous and engaged attorney committed to asking the right questions to achieve the best results for her clients.

Joan’s practice focuses largely on employment and civil rights matters and she regularly guides clients in cases involving retaliation, harassment, and discrimination. She represents individuals in litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other dispute resolution processes and has been recognized by Michigan Super Lawyers as a Rising Star.

Immediately following law school, Joan worked at Jones Day in Chicago as a litigation associate.  She was a member of large teams handling complex multi-district litigation and also represented pro bono clients, including those pursuing asylum and a prisoner seeking vindication of his civil rights.  After that, she served as a Research Attorney for the three Justices of the Supreme Court of Guam.  More recently, she completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Bernard A. Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Joan graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School.  While there she was a Senior Editor for the Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law, a teaching assistant in the school’s legal research and writing program, and a Dean’s Scholar.

Prior to law school, Joan served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama and worked in her family’s small business.  She earned her B.A. from Michigan State University.

Bar Admissions

Joan is a member of the Michigan Bar and the Illinois Bar and has been admitted to the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Western District of Michigan, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.