Joy Stephenson-Laws

JOY STEPHENSON-LAWS, JD

Joy Stephenson-Laws, JD, is the founding and managing partner of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman, a healthcare litigation firm, and the founder and president of Proactive Health Labs, a national nonprofit focused on evidence-based health literacy. A healthcare attorney for more than forty years and a certified holistic wellness coach, she writes about how people can partner with their doctors without surrendering their own judgment.

Her books include Your Labs Are Fine. You're Not., Advice on Trial: The Beliefs You Inherited but Never Examined, From Chains to Wings: A Poetry Revolution for Healing, Secrets That Sparkle (and Secrets That Sting), and Minerals: The Forgotten Nutrient. She received her B.A. from Loma Linda University and her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and was admitted to the California Bar in 1984. She also co-founded the Bili Project Foundation, which funds research into markers for biliary cancer.