Mr. Johnson is a general litigator with extensive experience in insurance, railroad, and professional malpractice defense and business litigation. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He served as President of the Lubbock County Bar Association, Director of the State Bar of Texas, and Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation. He graduated from Indiana University and from the University of Texas Law School in 1966. He heads the litigation section of the Firm.
Practice Areas: Civil litigation in federal and state courts, with a concentration in insurance, railroad, professional malpractice defense and business litigation.
College: Indiana University, B.A. 1961
Alpha Tau Omega (Social)
Law School: University of Texas Law School
Austin, Texas
Doctor of Jurisprudence 1966
Phi Alpha Delta (Legal)
Licenses: United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Texas
United States Court of Appeals
For the Fifth Circuit
For the Eleventh Circuit
For the Federal Circuit
United States District Court
Northern District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
United States Court of Claims
Certification: Board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Professional Organizations: State Bar of Texas
Board of Directors 1984-87
Member, Litigation Section, Tort and Compensation Section, and School Law Section
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Member, Advisory Commission, Civil Trial Law, 1979-84
Chairman, State Bar of Texas Board of Directors Committee on Legal Specialization
Texas Bar Foundation
Sustaining Life Fellow
Trustee 1987-90
Lubbock County Bar Association
Treasurer 1970-71
Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1976-78
Board of Directors 1973-75, 1977-81
President 1979-80
American Board of Trial Advocates
Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel