Joann Grages Burnett

Joann Grages Burnett specializes in employer engagement and readiness for students and alumni and oversees postgraduate Judicial Clerkship initiatives within the Career Development Office. Prior to entering career services, Burnett practiced law as an assistant public defender for the 6th Judicial Circuit where she handled misdemeanor, juvenile, and felony cases.

Burnett received her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law after graduating with honors from the University of Florida. While at Stetson, Burnett served as the chief ambassador, a judicial intern, and a certified legal intern for the Public Defender’s Office. In her spare time, she moonlights as an amateur baker.

Burnett is presently a Florida delegate to the ABA Young Lawyers Division and has been appointed to the Credentials Board. She is a member of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, where she is the Membership Committee’s law school captain, chapter representative of the Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, and a member of the Stetson Lawyers Advisory Council.