Joelle Rich

Some Lesser Known Facts About Joelle Rich

• Joelle Rich is a London-based attorney who is a partner at the international law firm Schillings. In September 2022, she came into the spotlight when she was rumoured to be dating American actor Johnny Depp.

• Before joining Schillings in 2011, she worked as a Solicitor at the law firm DLA Piper in London, where she focused on intellectual property, media, and sports litigation.

• Joelle Rich and Johnny Depp became acquainted when she represented him during his 2020 U.K. libel trial in which Depp sued the British tabloid newspaper ‘The Sun’ for calling him a “wife-beater.” Rich was one of three main lawyers from Schillings working on the lawsuit, which he lost in November 2020.

• Apart from the 2020 U.K. libel case over Sun’s ‘wife beater’ claim, Rich also represented Meghan Markle in a lawsuit against the publishers of the Mail on Sunday in 2021.

• According to the Schillings website, she specializes in lawsuits related to defamatory allegations in print, online, and on social media. She is an expert in protecting individuals’ privacy from unwarranted intrusion and media attention.

• She gained media attention in 2022 when she was rumoured to be dating Johnny Depp. Although Rich was not on Depp’s legal team for the defamation trial against Amber Heard, she attended several proceedings inside the courtroom during the trial. On May 2 2022, Rich was photographed smiling while walking ahead of the actor.
  

  

  On 3 May 2022, she was seen with Depp outside of the courthouse, and on 16 May 16 2022, she was pictured hugging Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez inside the courtroom.