Joy Bertrand Esq. LLC

05/21/2026

While on assignment with the US Attorney’s Office, Joy tried and won four federal jury trials and successfully litigated several Seventh Circuit appeals, including a Solicitor General appeal.

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05/19/2026

Joy Bertrand attended law school at Indiana University-Bloomington and the University of Arizona. She received her Juris Doctorate from Indiana University.

05/16/2026

Michael Traynor and I are presenting a two-day CLE on using psychodrama in negotiation, September 18-19 in beautiful Sedona! The program is tailored to criminal defense, civil plaintiff, and family law litigation.

Registration is limited to 15 participants. Sign up now for early bird pricing!

05/10/2026

Trial lawyers, read this article carefully. Your responses to judges, opposing counsel, team members, and clients are choices -- don't make your heart pay the price for short-term reactions.

Every professional has their triggers. The colleague who monopolizes meetings. The client who emails at...

11/30/2025

One of the most important and underreported First Amendment cases of our lifetime. With audio segments of the argument Joy made in support of the motion for mistrial the judge granted in the first trial.

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Hold Fast is the uncompromising story of Backpage.com, the world’s most scandalous website, and the rise and fall of alternative weekly newspapers nationwide. Over four decades, Michael Lacey and his business partner James Larkin built the largest,...

08/18/2025

Two of our clients bravely testified against Rodriguez at his jury trial. We are happy to see this predator receive a sentence that reflects the gravity -- and depravity -- of his crimes.

A former correctional officer was sentenced to 224 years in prison for sexually assaulting inmates.

07/02/2025

An important piece about Joy's passion issue: pregnant women in custody.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/donald-trump-war-pregnant-migrants-arizona-watchdog-project-22008900?fbclid=IwY2xjawLSrChleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFNeklFRlJZSkV0dll4bFRzAR7nKZIdxDOMutMjizqafYmxwKme3U4jCB_2VTEIE0UunkuTEmh_sTmwn8arCw_aem_B9DuSjujS7AWWm17J4EdvA

Kept in awful conditions by ICE, Rubia Morales-Alfaro lost a pregnancy. In Trump’s America, there's no mercy for migrant moms.

06/10/2025

Hillary Walsh -- a renowned immigration lawyer in Phoenix and owner of New Frontier Law -- and I talked on June 2, 2025 about practicing one of the hottest areas of law.   Hillary shares her powerful story of finding her purpose and surviving...

05/22/2025

Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held argument in Morales-Alfaro v. United States, et al. The case presents important, timely questions about the constitutionality of immigration detention conditions and the ability for courts to issue broad injunctive relief.

05/16/2025