Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Shareholder

Year Joined Organization: 1983

Lawyer Overview

Arthur C. Johnson is the senior shareholder of the firm. Mr. Johnson's practice focuses on product liability, defective medical products, industrial and workplace injuries, defective vehicles and aircraft, and truck and complex vehicle collisions. He also has been extensively involved in federal, multi-district product liability litigation.

Mr. Johnson most recently received the distinguished "Owen M. Panner Professionalism Award" in 2006, and is also the recipient of the "Meritorious Service Award" from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1994, the Distinguished Trial Lawyer Award from the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association in 1990, and the Public Justice Award in 1991. He has been named in "Best Trial Lawyers of America" from 1989 to the present. He is a former president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, the Lane County Bar, and the Oregon State Bar. He has published and lectured for the Oregon State Bar, the National Association of Legal Investigators, the Oregon Law Institute, the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, and Lane County Bar Association.

Mr. Johnson received his LLB degree from Harvard University Law School in 1953. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Oregon in 1950.

Mr. Johnson is a member of the State Bar of Oregon (as well as past President, Governors Board-Member, ABA delegate, Director of the Professional Liability Fund, and member of Uniform Jury Instruction and Procedure and Practice Committees of the Bar), the American Association for Justice, the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. He is admitted to practice in all Oregon state and federal courts, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, District of Northern California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Areas of Practice

• Defective Medical Products
• Defective Vehicles and Aircraft
• Industrial and Workplace Injuries
• Product Liability
• Truck and Complex Vehicle Collisions
• Construction Accidents
• Truck and Commercial Vehicle Collisions
• Car and Bike Crashes

West Practice Categories

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Products & Devices, Aviation

Bar Admissions

• Oregon
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice, 1962 - Present (Member)
• Oregon State Bar, 1979 - 1982 (Member)
• Oregon State Bar, 1973 - 1988 (Delegate to ABA)
• Oregon State Bar, 1982 - 1984 (Board of Directors of Professional Liability Fund (1977 - 1979))
• Oregon State Bar, 1971 - 1975 (Uniform Jury Instruction Committee 1962-1966 (Chair 1975))
• Oregon State Bar, 1966 - 1970 (Procedure and Practice Committee (Chair 1970))
• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 - 1989 (Member)
• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 1983 - 1990 (Board of Governors)
• Lane County Bar Association, 1971 - 1972 (President)
• Lane County Bar Association, 1970 - 1971 (Vice President)
• Lane County Bar Association, 1969 - 1970 (Secretary)
• Lane County Bar Association, 1965 - 1967 (Legal Aid Committee)
• Lane County Bar Association, 1971 - 1974 (Courthouse Committee (Chair 1974))
• Lane County Bar Association, 1975 - 1976 (Federal Practice Committee)
• Lane County Bar Association, 1986 - 1990 (Judicial Administration Committee (1975-1978) (Chair 1976))
• Lane County Bar Association, 1973 - 1978 (Lecturer, Law for Laymen (1964-1968, 1970))
• American Association for Justice, 1989 - 1996 (Oregon Governor)
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• American Judicature Society, 1977 - 1983 (Board of Directors)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1978 (Pres)
• American Bar Association, 1983 - 1985 (Delegate from Oregon)
• National Association of Bar Presidents, 1983 - 1984
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1986 - 1989 (Lawyer Delegate)
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1989 - Present
• Pacific Rivers Council, 1993 - Present (Board of Directors (Board President 1995-1997))
• Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission, 1991 - 1994
• Oregon Public Officials Compensation Commission, 1984 - Present
• University of Oregon, School of Law, 1980 - 1986 (Board of Visitors)
• Governor's Willamette River Greenway Committee, 1975 - 1978 (Chair)
• Juvenile Court Advisory Council, 1966 - 1969 ((Chair 1968))
• Eugene Human Rights Commission, 1969 - Present (Chair)
• Lane County Parks Commission, 1965 - 1966
• University of Oregon Development Fund, 1963 - 1964

Honors and Awards

• "Owen M. Panner Professionalism Award", 2006
• Distinguished Trial Lawyer Award, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 1990
• Public Justice Award, 1991
• "Best Trial Lawyers of America", 1989 - Present
• Meritorious Service Award, University of Oregon, School of Law, 1994 - Present
• Appreciation Award for Science, Lane County Bar Association, 1993 - Present
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year, Nominee, 1991 - Present
• "Best Lawyers in America," 2010 marks 20th year of inclusion

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Oregon State Bar CLE Programs, 1966 - 1993
• Lecturer, National Association of Legal Investigators
• Lecturer, Oregon Law Institute
• Lecturer, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association CLE
• Lecturer, Lane County Bar Association CLE

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. Air Force, Staff Judge Advocate, Survival Instructor, (First Lieutenant), 1954 - 1956
• U.S. Air Force Reserve, Survival Instructor, 1950 - 1960

Education

• Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953
  LL.B.
• University of Oregon, 1950
  Bachelor's Degree

Published Works

• 1 TORTS (Editor), Oregon State Bar CLE, Six Editions
• Professional Malpractice (Author), Oregon State Bar CLE, Chapter 11, 1 TORTS

Address

975 Oak Street
Citizen's Building, Suite 1050
Eugene, OR 97401-3124

Phones

(888) 305-7447
(541) 393-8192

Faxes

(541) 484-0882

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