• J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, Order of Barristers
• B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, B.A. French Literature and Language

Joan Stearns Johnsen has extensive experience mediating and arbitrating commercial and employment matters. She has over twenty years experience as an arbitrator and over fourteen years of experience as a mediator.

Joan Stearns Johnsen began her career as a litigator first for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, D.C. and then for Smith Barney in New York and has been an arbitrator for over twenty-five years. Her experience as a litigator and as an arbitrator informs Joan’s work as a mediator. She has a deep understanding not only of litigation, but also of its risks from differing perspectives. Joan began mediating commercial matters in 1995 and works exclusively as a commercial mediator and arbitrator.