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Lawyer Overview

Jeff Johnson is a Member in the Seattle office. His practice emphasizes drug and medical device liability defense, medical negligence defense (physicians and hospitals), privileging disputes and general product liability defense. He currently serves as Chairman of the firm's Product Liability Practice Group. Mr. Johnson has tried twenty-five jury trials. Six of those jury trials were over three weeks in length. Thirteen of the cases he has tried involved claims substantially in excess of $1,000,000, the largest being the recent defense of a $75,000,000 commercial case between the two largest aluminum companies in the world. Mr. Johnson has also tried seven arbitrations, including three UIM arbitrations and four mandatory arbitrations.

In 2003, Mr. Johnson was named one of Seattle's Top Lawyers by Seattle Magazine.

Areas of Practice

• Crisis Management & Media Relations
• Health Care
• Insurance
• International
• Litigation - Commercial
• Litigation - General
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability
• Mass Torts
• Class Action

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Professional Responsibility, Class Actions, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1980
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Seattle-King County Bar Association (Member)
• Washington State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section)
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member, Drug & Device Committee)
• Defense Research Institute (Member, Drug & Device Website Subcommittee)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) (Member)
• Business Counsel, Inc. (Board of Governors)
• Prosthetic Research Study (Board of Directors)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) (Chair, Class Action and Multi-Party Litigation Committee)

Honors and Awards

• Seattle's Top Lawyers, Seattle Magazine, 2003 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Weden v. San Juan County - Jet Ski Ban Aftermath: Threat to Personal Freedom, University of Washington, Department of Maritime Affairs, 1999
• Personal Watercraft Ban Ordinance - Constitutionality and Consequences, Bob McLaughlin Show, KVI Radio 570, 1997 - 1998
• Special Rules and Practices Relating to Devices Cases, Mealey's Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference, 1996
• Putting Out the Fire - Handling the Plaintiff's Use of Media and the Embattled Product, DRI Drug & Medical Device Litigation Seminar, 1995
• Tort and Product Liability Reform, Laura Saunders Show, KIRO Newsradio 710, 1995
• Washington Evidence Workshop, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1991
• Medical Malpractice and Negligence, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1991
• Anatomy of a Medical Professional Liability Lawsuit, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, 1989
• Workshop for Consultant Cardiologists: New Developments in Malpractice Litigation, Northwest Hospital and Marion Laboratories, Inc., 1987

Education

• Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon, 1980
  JD, Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: 1980 Trustees Scholarship
  Honors: Russell M. Brooks Scholarship
• Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, 1977
  BA, Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: 1976 Presidents Scholarship
  Honors: National Elk Scholarship

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