Brenda M. Johnson - Cleveland, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1993
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Cleveland State, 1990
    M.A.
    Major: Philosophy
  • Kent State University, 1988
    B.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Cases

• Smith v. Cleveland Clinic
  • Citation: 8th Dist.
  • Court: Ohio
  • Year: 2011
• Wandel v. American Airlines
  • Citation: U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43007
  • Year: 2005
• Auvil v. Ferragon Corp
  • Citation: 8th Dist.
  • Court: Ohio
  • Year: 2005
• McMillin v. Davidson Industries, Inc.
  • Citation: 5th Dist.
  • Court: Ohio
  • Year: 2005
• Washington v. Spitzer Management, Inc.
  • Citation: 8th Dist.
  • Court: Ohio
  • Year: 2003
• Vajda v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 8th Dist.
  • Court: Ohio
  • Year: 2003

Published Works

Articles

• Rebounding From Fraudulent, Trial, December, 2018
  
• Not All Injuries That Occur In Hospitals Are Medical Claims - But How Can You Tell Which Is Which?, CATA News, Winter, 2015
  
• When Should Necessary Parties Be Joined as Involuntary Plaintiffs? Not Nearly as Often as You'd Think?, CATA News, Winter, 2019
  
• What You Should (and Shouldn't) Agree to In Agreed Protective Orders, CATA News, Spring, 2019
  
• Why Damage Cap Exceptions Must Extend to All Claims Arising from a Catastrophic Injury, Including Derivative Claims - A Statutory Analysis, CATA News, Winter, 2018
  
• The Case Against Double-Teaming Why Mostly-Aligned Medical Defendants Shouldn't Get Separate Peremptory Challenges, CATA News, Winter, 2017

Bar Admissions

• Ohio
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
• Ohio Association for Justice (Editorial Board of Trial Magazine)
• The American Association for Justice, 2011 - Present (Publication Committee)