Joyce Dela Peña

Joanne “Joyce” Dela Peña is a senior associate at Hecker Fink LLP.

Joyce joined the firm from the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, where she led investigations into deceptive advertising practices and enforcement actions against major corporations. Previously, Joyce was an Appellate and Constitutional Litigation Fellow at Gupta Wessler PLLC, where she briefed cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit, and other federal and state appellate courts. Her work spans a range of high-profile appellate matters, including forced arbitration, consumer credit, and employment misclassification cases.

Earlier in her career, Joyce completed clerkships with the Honorable Corinne A. Beckwith of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the Honorable Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the Honorable Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Joyce earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. During law school, she worked as a student attorney in the Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic and the Center for Applied Legal Studies. She also interned for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, the Bronx Defenders, Relman Colfax, and Public Justice. She received her B.A. from Stanford University.