Joseph Woodson

Joseph T. Woodson, Esq. is a lifelong resident of Southern California. He was born in Santa Barbara, California. Joseph attended High School in Palm Springs, CA. Joseph played varsity football for the CIF Championship Palm Springs High School Football Team (2011) and threw shot-put and discus for the track team. Joseph graduated High School in 2012 with honors.

Joseph attended California State University San Bernardino from Fall 2012 to Spring 2017. He majored in political science. Joseph was Village Council President his freshman year. Joseph attended college full-time and worked part-time customer service jobs to support himself through college. By his final semester at CSUSB, Joseph was invited to join Pi Sigma Alpha Theta Iota Honor Society as a Lifetime Inductee. A 3.5 GPA within the Political Science department is required to join Pi Sigma Alpha Theta Iota Honor Society. Joseph graduated from California State University San Bernardino with a B.A. in Political Science.

Joseph attended California Western School of Law from Fall 2019 to Winter 2021. Joseph participated in the Black Lawyers Student Association and the Public Interest Law Foundation as a dues paying member. Joseph also was a volunteer legal intern with the Public Interest Advocacy Collaborative, Community Advocates for Moral Governance, and the Law Office of the Public Defender, San Diego County, during his time as a law student. Joseph excelled in his full-time coursework, including but not limited to, Advanced Trial Practice, Civil Procedure, California Community Property, and California Civil Procedure. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Joseph earned the California Lawyers Association's Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Services. Joseph graduated from California Western School of Law at the end of the Winter 2021 semester.

After law school, Joseph stayed on with the Law Office of the Public Defender, San Diego County, as a post-bar law clerk. Joseph then moved to private practice as a post-bar law clerk with the Law Office of Genevieve A. Suzuki. During this time, Joseph gained valuable experience as a law clerk as he studied for the bar exam. Joseph passed the July 2022 bar exam and was admitted to practice law in California on January 17, 2023. Soon thereafter, Joseph was hired as an associate attorney for Prager Jones, APC. Joseph practices Family Law.