Johnson, Jeffrey R.
Williams Kastner
Two Union Square
601 Union Street, Suite 4100
Seattle, WA 98101-2380
Phone: (206) 628-6608
Fax: (206) 628-6611
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.williamskastner.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Member
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. He has also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a "Top Lawyer" in Litigation for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be "AV Preeminent"-the highest peer-review rating available.
Areas of Practice
- Crisis Management & Media Relations
- Class Action
- Health Care
- Insurance
- International
- Litigation - Commercial
- Litigation - General
- Mass Torts
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
West Practice Categories
Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Constitutional, Health Care, Insurance, International Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Toxic Torts
Qualifications
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)
- Council on Litigation Management
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
- Emerging Trends in Class Actions, IADC Mid-Year Meeting, 2008
- Subprime Meltdown - New Exposures and Liability Theories, IADC Annual Meeting, 2008
- Class Action and Multi-Party Litigation Arbitration Provisions in Contracts and Class Actions - Latest Developments and Practice Pointers in Light of Recent Decisions, IADC Mid-Year Meeting, 2011
Education
- Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon,
1980
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: 1980 Trustees Scholarship
Honors: Russell M. Brooks Scholarship - Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington,
1977
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: cum laude
Honors: 1976 Presidents Scholarship
Honors: National Elk Scholarship
Office Information
Address
Two Union Square
601 Union Street, Suite 4100
Seattle, WA 98101-2380
Phones
(206) 628-6608
Faxes
(206) 628-6611
