Joann L. Drust, Esq.

Joann L. Drust, Esquire is a Pennsylvania lawyer with nearly 20 years of legal experience in the fields of labor and employment, personal injury, corporate and healthcare law. As a trial attorney, Joann has represented hundreds of individual and institutional clients in cases ranging from labor disputes to professional negligence to civil rights. Joann's finesse in negotiating and mediating legal controversies has been sharpened from years of litigation before federal and state tribunals. As a principal in the employment law firm, Transition Strategies, LLC, Joann offers her formidable trial skills and expertise in employment and health care compliance programs to a wide range of corporate and individual clients.

Joann's familiarity with complex state and federal statutory law enables her to assist corporate clients in structuring personnel policies to comply with legal requirements and avoid unnecessary disputes with employees and government authorities. Likewise, these same skills have assisted Joann in counseling individuals through difficult work-related dilemmas and assisting them to move forward with their careers. She is distinguished by her talent for communicating about legal issues in an understandable and accessible manner. Her goal is to provide her clients with the legal advice they need in order to implement programs and plans in a manner best suited to prevent problems in the workplace before they spiral into litigation. In the event a problem does arise, Joann is ready to provide her clients with the necessary practical advice on how to manage the situation in a time-sensitive manner. Nonetheless, if litigation is inevitable, Joann is available to assist with every stage of the process - pleadings, investigation, mediation and final resolution.

Joann is a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. With two children at home, she remains active in charitable youth activities including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America.

A native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Joann graduated from Cornell University, cum laude, in history and classics. She earned her J.D. degree in 1987 from Dickinson School of Law, graduating at the top of her class. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania state courts, the U.S. Federal Courts for the Third District, and the U.S. Supreme Court.