Robert H. Johnson

Robert H. Johnson: Attorney with Johnson Schachter & Lewis A Professional Law Corporation
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Biography

Robert H. Johnson helped found the firm in 1981 after a distinguished career that began in a Wall Street litigation firm. Before reentering private practice in Sacramento, he served with the U.S. Justice Department as a Senior Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and was the Administrative Assistant to the Majority Leader of the California State Assembly.

Bob has been rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell for many years. He is also a member of Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court and a Charter Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.

Bob focuses on employment law, errors and omissions defense, public-entity defense, products liability, and complex business litigation.

In addition to his practice in California, he has tried cases or appeared before the U.S. District Courts for the Middle District of Alabama, the District of Nevada, the District of Kansas, the Central District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Bob has served as a pro-tem settlement conference judge in Sacramento and Placer counties, a judicial arbitrator, and a private mediator. He has been an adjunct professor at McGeorge Law School, has written and lectured on practice management and client service for the Practicing Law Institute, and has been active in community service and several presidental campaigns.

Litigation Counsel of America.

Bob focuses on employment law, errors and omissions defense, public-entity defense, products liability, and complex business litigation.

In addition to his practice in California, he has tried cases or appeared before the U.S. District Courts for the Middle District of Alabama, the District of Nevada, the District of Kansas, the Central District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Bob has served as a pro-tem settlement conference judge in Sacramento and Placer counties, a judicial arbitrator, and a private mediator. He has been an adjunct professor at McGeorge Law School, has written and lectured on practice management and client service for the Practicing Law Institute, and has been active in community service and several presidental campaigns. Member: State Bar of California; Charter Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

(Retired)

Areas of Practice (15)

  • Defense Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Federal Court Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Tort Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Trade Regulation
  • Insurance
  • Public Entity Defense
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Employment Law
  • Wrongful Termination
  • Defamation
  • Invasion of Privacy

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Redlands, B.A., with distinction, 1964
Law School Attended:
New York University, J.D., 1967
Year of First Admission:
1967
Admission:
1967, New York; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York; 1971, California; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1971, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Supreme Court
Birth Information:
Kansas City, Missouri
ISLN:
906130566

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Fixed Hourly Rates
$300/hr

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279-280-8546  Phone

www.jsl-law.com

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