Christy Johnson grew up in Alaska and worked on commercial
fishing vessels in the Bering Sea, Pacific Ocean, and South Pacific. After
ten years at sea, Ms. Johnson retired her fishing boots and obtained her
Bachelors and Juris Doctorate from Gonzaga and Gonzaga Law School. Ms. Johnson
then became licensed to practice law in Alaska where she practiced family law
for a brief period. Not happy with the practice of family law and wanting to
stay true to her roots, Ms. Johnson moved to New Orleans and obtained her Legal
Masters in Maritime/Admiralty Law from Tulane Law School. Following the
completion of her Legal Masters program, Ms. Johnson became licensed in
Louisiana and spent ten years working as a defense attorney handling personal
injury cases under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA),
the Defense Base Act (DBA), and the Jones Act. In January 2019, Ms. Johnson
left the defense bar and formed Mainstay Law LLC where she focusses her
practice on representing injured workers’ under the LHWCA and the DBA.
Because of her extensive offshore experiences and her
maritime defense work, Ms. Johnson brings a unique perspective to her practice.
She understands the hardships faced by those who work, and are injured, in
austere environments. Furthermore, Ms. Johnson has personal knowledge as to how
insurance carriers view workers’ compensation cases such as yours and how they
develop their defense strategies against you. This gives Ms. Johnson an ability
to help you navigate through your workers’ compensation case and
best preserve your rights to medical and indemnity benefits
under the LHWCA and the DBA. Ms. Johnson’s DBA practice takes her across
the nation and around the world so wherever you reside, Ms. Johnson is
ready to stand up for you.
Working with Christy was a great experience. Christy's responsiveness always came with less than zero delay time. Christy was clear in her communication and I found her candor to be quite paramount. H...
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