Joi L. Morris is a member of both the Litigation and Trust and Estate Litigation departments. Her practice focuses on trust and estate litigation, representing a wide range of clients, including trustees, estates, individuals, and businesses of all sizes. Her expertise includes claims against fiduciaries, estates, or trusts, including issues related to capacity and undue influence. She has extensive experience in civil and other lawsuits brought against or on behalf of trusts or decedents in state and federal courts.
In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Morris advises nonprofit organizations on governance, grant-making, and tax matters unique to the nonprofit sector. She has represented a variety of nonprofits, including private foundations and public charities involved in medical research. Her commitment to pro bono work and nonprofit service is reflected in her previous role as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Cancer Prevention Initiative (formerly HeritX), a nonprofit organization she co-founded in 2015. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Cancer Prevention Initiative and is a frequent speaker on nonprofit governance and research advocacy.
Ms. Morris has been recognized as one of the most influential women legal professionals in the Los Angeles area in the 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s special supplement, Women of Influence: Attorneys.
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