Joel R. Bryant / Elder Abuse Attorney

Nursing Home Abuse • Financial Elder Abuse • Will Contest / Trust Fraud

Joel R. Bryant is one of the top San Diego elder abuse lawyers handling nursing home abuse, financial elder abuse, will contests, and will and trust fraud cases. He has extensive trial experience and enjoys an excellent reputation throughout the legal community as an aggressive advocate for his clients.

Joel Bryant is actively involved in legal issues confronting America’s elderly population:

• Mr. Bryant served on the board of directors of the Senior Community Centers, a charitable organization which provides food, housing and social services to seniors to help maintain their independence.
  
• Mr. Bryant also served on the board of directors of the Senior Housing Corporation, a charitable organization designed to provide affordable housing to low-income seniors.
  
• Mr. Bryant is a consultant and committee chairperson with the San Diego Fiduciary Abuse Specialist Team (FAST), a team of consultants from the private and public sector whose mission is to increase the effectiveness of elder financial abuse reporting and prosecution and to increase public awareness of the problem through education.
  
• Mr. Bryant is a frequent lecturer regarding senior legal issues, such as financial elder abuse and nursing home abuse.

Joel Bryant graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. While at Arizona State, he received several student achievement awards including the prestigious Wall Street Journal Outstanding Business Student Award. He then obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Joel Bryant is admitted to practice law before all of the California state courts and many federal courts, including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to his extensive work in nursing home abuse and financial elder abuse cases, he has extensive experience in personal injury and business litigation, which allows him to quickly identify medical issues and track financial fraud.

During his professional career, Joel Bryant has been a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (Board of Directors), the San Diego Bar Association (Elder Law and Litigation Sections), the San Diego Barrister’s Club (Board of Directors and President), and the American Business Trial Lawyers Association.