Mr. Johnson is a principal attorney practicing the firm's St. Louis office. He is the primary lawyer in the firm's Workers' Compensation practice group and has tried countless matters in the area. He is active in the legal arena pertaining to workers' compensation claims and routinely lectures across the country on the matter.
Bar Memberships:
Illinois
Missouri
Professional Affiliations:
Illinois State Bar Association
Madison County Bar Association
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Recent Presentations:
"Appellate Case Law Update: Practical Tips Regarding Recent Decisions", Annual Workers' Compensation Institute, Missouri Bar Association (2010)
"Can a Lawyer Zealously Represent a Client and Still be Ethical?", Workers' Compensation Seminar for Kids' Chance, St. Louis (2010)
"Workers' Compensation", Annual Law Update, Missouri Bar Association (2010)
Publications:
"Does the Public Policy of Missouri Favor Intoxicated Employees?" Journal of Mo. Bar, July/August, 1988, p. 291;
"When Can Your Employees Sue You?" Journal of Light Construction, July, 1993, p. 39;
"Legislative Update: The Swinging Pendulum," DRI Workers' Compensation Update, Winter, 1996, p. 3;
"Legislative Update: The Backlash Begins," Compensation Courier, Summer, 1996, p. 2;
"When Are Employees 'On the Job'?," The Faultline, Summer, 1997, p. 1;
"Who Are Your Employees and When Are They On the Job For Purposes of the Workers' Compensation Law?," Coverage Concepts, American Consulting Engineers Council, Business Insurance Center, Winter, 1998, p. 1;
"Due Process in Medical Fee Disputes Under Workers' Compensation," Missouri Bar Workers' Compensation Quarterly, February, 2007;
"Developments in Occupational Disease Law," Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, March 30, 1990;
"Controverting a Claim," National Business Institute, May 8, 1990;
"Annual Law Update--1990 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 15, 1990;
"How the 1990 Workers' Compensation Law Will Effect You," Associated Industries, July 23, 1990;
"Workers' Compensation--The Challenges and Opportunities," National Business Institute, September 12, 1990;
"The Drug and Alcohol Amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act," Associated Industries of Mo., October 5, 1990;
"Revisions of the Rules and Regulations of the Workers' Compensation Law and Review of the New Workers' Compensation Legislation, SB 751 (Panel)," Missouri Bar Annual Meeting, October 5, 1990;
"Nuts and Bolts on Missouri Workers' Compensation," Corroon & Black, October 31, 1990;
"Causal Relationship, Apportionment and Second Injury Fund Involvement," National Business Institute, January 16, 1991;
"Employer's Obligation to Provide a Safe and Drug-Free Workplace," Advanced Educational Seminars, April 25, 1991;
"Ethical Considerations in Handling Workers' Compensation," Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, June 6, 1991;
"Annual Law Update--1991 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 14, 1991;
"Americans with Disabilities Act," Missouri Bar Association, August 16, 1991;
"Workers' Compensation and the Americans with Disabilities Act," C.H. Technologies, August 21, 1991;
"Americans with Disability Act," Missouri Physical Therapy Association, October 8, 1991;
"The Impact of the ADA on the Employer," Providence Occupational Health Services, November 7, 1991;
"Repetitive Use Injuries," National Business Institute, December 10, 1991;
"Americans with Disabilities Act and the Second Injury Fund," Alexander & Alexander Consulting Group, May 19, 1992;
"Annual Law Update--1992 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 19, 1992;
"Americans with Disabilities," American Society for Hospital Food Services Administrators, December 3, 1992;
"Getting the Employee Off Workers' Compensation," National Business Institute, December 8, 1992;
"Annual Law Update--1993 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 4, 1993;
"Advanced Workers' Compensation," National Business Institute, June 8, 1993;
"Erosion of Workers' Compensation Exclusive Remedy Defense," American Law Firm Association, Atlanta, Georgia, June 17, 1993;
"Annual Survey of the Law (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference Annual Meeting, October 1, 1993;
"Annual Law Update--1994: A Concise Review of Nine Important Areas of the Law and Practice in Missouri," (Section on Workers' Compensation), Missouri Bar, June 9, 1994;
"Workers' Compensation in Missouri: Development, Preparation and Settlement of a Claim," National Business Institute, June 14, 1994;
"Advanced Workers' Compensation in Missouri," National Business Institute, March 9, 1995;
"Defense of Claims Arising Out of Violence in the Workplace," American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Tort and Insurance Practice (TIPS), Workers' Compensation and Employers Liability Law Committee, San Diego, CA, March 17, 1995;
"Annual Law Update--1995 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 9, 1995;
"Workers' Compensation in Missouri: Development, Preparation and Settlement of a Claim," National Business Institute, September 19, 1995;
"Trial of a Workers' Compensation Claim," Missouri Bar Association, June 7, 1996;
"Annual Law Update--1996 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 28, 1996;
"Alternative Billing Concepts in Workers' Compensation Legal Costs," Southern Area Workers' Compensation Association (SAWCA), Mobile, Alabama, July 3, 1996;
"Workers' Compensation in Missouri and Illinois,: St. Louis Area Nurse Recruiters, August 13, 1996;
"Violence in the Workplace," Defense Research Institute Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 12, 1996;
"TPA's: What Works, and What Does Not Work," A Workshop: How to Reduce the Cost of Workers' Compensation, American Law Firm Association, San Francisco, California, June 13, 1997;
"Annual Law Update--1997 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 27, 1997;
"Workers' Compensation Hearings in Missouri: Techniques and Strategies," National Business Institute, August 20, 1997;
"How Effective Are the States in Protecting Against Unpaid Workers' Compensation Claims When Self-Insurers File Bankruptcy?", International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC), Newport, Rhode Island, October 20, 1997;
"Worker Injuries: Workers' Compensation vs. Civil Liability--Who is Liable, When?" Living On the Fault Line: 1998 (A Practical Guide for Life in the Construction Industry), April 24, 1988;
"Annual Law Update--1998 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, June 28, 1998;
"A Comparison of the Workers' Compensation Laws of Canada, the United States and Australia", International Associatino of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC), St. Louis, Missouri, September 29, 1998;
"Annual Law Update--1999 (Workers' Compensation)," Missouri Bar Association, May 29, 1999;
"Case Law Update" Annual Workers' Compensation Update--1999, Missouri Bar Association, June 25, 1999;
"Erosion of the Exclusive Remedy Doctrine," Dawn or Disaster: Workers' Compensation in the Millenium, American Law Firm Association (ALFA), Workers' Compensation Practice Group Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, September 29, 1999;
Seminar on American Law for Russian Lawyers, Moderator, Bar Association of St. Louis, February 25, 2000;
"Case Law Update" Annual Workers' Compensation Update--2000, Missouri Bar Association, May 25, 2000;
"Trying the Repetitive Stress Injury Case in Missouri," National Business Institute, Clayton, Missouri, February 22, 2001;
"Case Law Update" Annual Workers' Compensation Update--2001, Missouri Bar Association, May 2001;
"Case Law Update" Annual Workers' Compensation Update--2002, Missouri Bar Association, May 23, 2002;
"Workers' Compensation Hearings in Missouri: Techniques and Strategies,: National Business Institute, December 17, 2002;
"Case Law Update" Annual Workers' Compensation Update--2003, Missouri Bar Association, May 22, 2003;
"Annual Law Update" Missouri Workers' Compensation Institute, 2003, Missouri Bar Association, June 20, 2003;
"Workers' Compensation Hearings in Missouri: Techniques and Strategies,: National Business Institute, February 20, 2004;
"Case Law Update," Annual Workers' Compensation Update--2004, Missouri Bar Association, May 27, 2004;
Reviewer, Missouri Workers' Compensation Law, Third Edition, MoBarCLE Publications, The Missouri Bar, Jefferson City, Missouri, 2004;
"Case Law Update,: Annual Workers' Compensation Conference, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis University Law School, St. Louis, Missouri, September 24, 2004;
"Introduction to Workers' Compensation," Presentation for St. Louis Area Health Care Recruiters, St. Louis, Missouri, November 9, 2004;
"Case Law Update," Annual Workers' Compensation Update--2005, Missouri Bar Association, May 26, 2005;
"Preparing and Defending a Workers' Compensation Case," Workers' Compensation Law Committee, Missouri Bar Fall Committee Meetings, Jefferson City, Missouri, November 18, 2005;
"Case Law and Legislative Update," Annual Workers' Compensation Institute, 2006, Missouri Bar Association, Clayton, Missouri, May 18, 2006;
"18th Annual 15-Hour Review of the Law," University of Missouri - Kansas City CLE, St. Louis, Missouri, June 23, 2006;
"18th Annual 15-Hour Review of the Law," University of Missouri - Kansas City CLE, Clayton, Missouri, June 20, 2006;
"Methods for Controlling Costs," ALFA Workers' Compensation Practice Group Seminar: Strategies for Success: Solving Today's Workers' Compensation Challenges, Atlanta, Georgia, September 22, 2006;
"Problems of Multi-State Jurisdiction in the Workers' Compensation Laws of the Various States," International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC), Little Rock, Arkansas, September 26, 2006;
"Case Law Update," Annual Workers' Compensation Institute, 2007, Missouri Bar Association, Clayton, Missouri, May 17, 2007;
"Workers' Compensation," Annual Law Update, 2007, Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis, Missouri, May 24, 2007;
"Workers' Compensation,: Annual Law Update, 2007, Missuri Bar Association, St. Charles, Missouri, June 15, 2007;
"Settlement Issues and Strategies," International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC), Phoenix, Arizona, September 19, 2007;
"Appellate Case Law: More than Just Schoemehl," Annual Workers' Compensation Institute, 2008, Missouri Bar Association, Clayton, Missouri, May 8, 2007;
"Workers' Compensation," Annual Law Update, 2008, Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis, Missouri, May 29, 2008;
"Workers' Compensation," Annual Law Update, 2008, Missouri Bar Association, St. Charles, Missouri, June 20, 2008
Favorable Verdicts:
Rich Stevenson v. Schnucks, 1988
Rich Putmann v. Stix Baer & Fuller, 1989
David Shanks v. Midwest Medical Supply, 1990
Frank Glon v. Todd Uniform (Illinois), 1993
Mary Narez v. Incarnate Word Hospital, 1993
Carl Sims v. Howard Motor Homes, 1993
Charlotte Talir v. Mid-West Area Agency, 1993
Joseph Bishop v. Stupp Brothers, 1994
David Carrier v. Weber Chevrolet, 1994
John Grisham v. Mehler Co., 1994
Ronnie Hall v. G.W. Fiberglass, 1994
Lourdis Jones v. Emerson Electric, 1994
Andrew Aker v. K & S Photography, 1995
Randy Griffin v. Tall-Wall Foundation, 1996
Gary Lebcowitz v. Human Brother, 1996
Robert Moeller v. Southwestern Bell,1996
Shirley Rahe v. Schnucks, 1996
Lillie Allen v. Bi-State Development, 1997
George Younge v. Sears & Roebuck, 1997
Carla Heavey v. Schnucks, 1998
Cecilia Cuba v. Jon Thomas, Inc., 1999
Steven Akins v. AutoZone, 2003
Leland Kee v. AutoZone, 2003
Leeta Reddin v. Bi-State Development, 2006
Victor Ruben v. AutoZone, 2007
Lorene Tate v. K Force, 2007
Michael Morgan v. Quality Carriers (IL), 2008
Joel Norman v. Bi-State Development, 2009
