Johanna is a Partner at Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law. Johanna has significant experience and expertise in all aspects of employment practice and advocacy.

 

Johanna has over 25 years post admission experience.  She commenced her career at a large law firm (now known as DLA Piper) and later became a partner in a boutique litigation law firm (Parker & Associates).  She completed her honours degree in privacy law. Her clients are public and private sector employers and employees.

Johanna is an experienced independent workplace investigator.  She is available to carry out independent investigations for employers into complaints arising in the workplace relating to a raft of concerns including alleged workplace bullying and harassment.

She passed the exams for the AHI Training Institute for Workplace Investigators in Atlanta, GA in 2018 and holds the AWI-CH distinction for Workplace Investigators.

She is a committee member of the Australasian branch of AWI who assist with providing webinars for AWI members. Johanna has significant experience and expertise in all aspects of employment practice and advocacy. She regularly presents at seminars, and conferences, and provides targeted training for clients. She has published on Privacy, Official Information and the Human Rights Act.

Johanna is a member of the New Zealand Law Society, New Zealand Law Society Employment Law Committee (Wellington Branch), and the Wellington Women Lawyers’ Association. She is a Board Member of Vitae, a nationwide provider of workplace wellness and counselling services.

Qualifications

Degrees: LLB (Hons)
Admission to High Court: 17/12/1993

Contact

Level 6, Perpetual Guardian House, 99 Customhouse Quay, Wellington

Email: johanna@ddelaw.co.nz
Phone: +64 4 550 4062
Mobile: +64 27 255 5716
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Areas of practice

Employment, Mediation 

Languages spoken

English