Joanna Sweet

Joanna Sweet

Managing Partner

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Joanna is a managing partner at Greg Monforton and Partners since 2023, having joined there as an associate lawyer in 2013. Her practice focuses on representing people who have been injured in car crashes, slip and falls, and dog bites. She also represents her clients in their accident benefits, long term disability and Canada Pension Plan – Disability claims. She also works in the area of estate litigation.

She never represents insurance companies.

Joanna grew up in Essex County. She graduated with her law degree from the University of Windsor in 2005 and earned a doctorate in political science from Carleton University in 2012. She has published articles in The Litigator (the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association’s flagship publication) and papers on political theory and Canadian politics in various academic journals.

She has taught as a sessional instructor in the University of Windsor’s political science department and has taught Constitutional Law and Auto Insurance Law in the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law.

Since 2021, Joanna has served on the board of directors of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) where she has been involved in numerous submissions to the Ontario Government on behalf of injured victims. She is passionate about safeguarding the rights of injured people through political advocacy.

In 2023 Joanna joined the Executive of the OTLA board of directors and chairs the Continuing Legal Education committee.

Recently, Joanna was elected to serve as the President of OTLA for the 2027-2028 term. Commencing in May 2025, Joanna will serve as Vice-President of OTLA, and she will then advance to President-Elect.

Joanna is also a co-chair of the Essex Law Association Bench and Bar Committee and a member of The Advocates’ Society and Canadian Bar Association.

Education

• Ph.D. – Carleton University, 2012
• M.A. – University of Windsor, 2006
• LL.B. – University of Windsor, 2005
• B.A. – University of Windsor, 2002

Memberships

• Co-Chair of the Windsor/Essex Bench and Bar Committee
• Law Society of Ontario
• Vice President /Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
• Essex Law Association
• The Advocates’ Society
• Canadian Bar Association

Awards

• Recipient of Windsor Law’s 2024 Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Windsor Law in Memory of John Mountain ’86.
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2011-2012
• Eugene and Harriet Forsey Scholarship, 2010 and 2011
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2005-2006
• The Frank W. Wilson and Marie Claire Wilson Memorial Scholarship in Constitutional Law, 2005