Tressa Valentine Johnson Esq. - a Memphis, Shelby (TN) Employment Law Lawyer

Memphis Employment Law Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Employment Law
Discrimination
Sexual Harassment
Medical Leave Issues
Overtime Law Violations
Retaliation

Attorney Information

Overview

Tressa V. Johnson, a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law, is known for winning large verdicts and fighting vigorously for her clients for over 14 years. She has dedicated her nearly decade long career to personal injury and employment law. Ms. Johnson is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which admits only those lawyers who have won million- dollar judgments for their clients. In June 2016, Ms. Johnson joined Kristy L. Bennett, Esq. to open their own practice, Johnson & Bennett, PLLC, in Memphis. The firm primarily represents employees who have been discriminated against in the workplace. Johnson & Bennett reached a $500,000.00 settlement in a disability case against the Memphis VA in the Spring of 2020. Tressa is a licensed member of the Tennessee and the Mississippi Bars. In 2016, Ms. Johnson was named a Super Lawyer's Rising Star. She has been named as a Mid-South Super Lawyer ever since then. In 2019, Ms. Johnson won Best of Bar in Small Firm through the Memphis Business Journal. She fights every single day for her clients and it is their strength in the face of great adversity that motivates her.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Honors

Best of Bar Small Firm - Memphis Business Journal, 2019
Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2016 - 2021
Women to Watch, 2016 - 2017
Best in Black Attorney, 2019
Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice, 2017

Other Sources of Feedback About Tressa Valentine Johnson Esq.

Included on the 2025 Mid-South Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007
  J.D.
  Honors: Civil Law Division, Common Law Certificate
  Honors: Hannah and Herman Levy Scholarship Fund of the Lupin Foundation Activities
  Honors: Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition
  Honors: Student Hurricane Network- Co-Founder, 2006-2007
  Honors: Black Law Student Association
  Honors: Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
Non Legal Education
- Xavier University of Louisiana, 1998
  B.S.
  Honors: Invited member of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
  Major: Biology
  Minor: Chemistry
- Medical degree coursework, Howard University College of Medicine, 2000-2001
- Harvard University, 1999
  Post-Baccalaureate Studies

Current Employment Position(s)

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Founding Partner
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Past Positions

John Michael Bailey Injury Lawyers, Partner
Law Offices of Gary Green, Managing Attorney

Classes and Seminars

CROWN ACT, Memphis Bar Association, February 24, 2021 - Present
COVID 19 Employment Questions- CARES ACT- Facebook Live, National Bar Association, April 21, 2020 - Present
Fireside Chat #Free the Hair How Black Hair is Transforming Civil Rights Law, Xavier University of LA Alumni Association, February 28, 2021 - Present
How to Litigate, Tennessee Association for Justice

Representative Cases

Hudson v. BAH Shoney's Corporation
- Citation: 263 F. Supp3D 661, 2017
Barnes v. Arrow Cab
- Citation: 2014 WL 7335795 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2014)
- Year: 2014
Barnes v. Saulsberry
- Citation: 2014 WL 10417058, 2014

Bar Admissions

Tennessee, 2007
Mississippi, 2014
U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2009
U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 2016
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 2017
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 2020

Other Affiliations

Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
Tennessee Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Association
Memphis Bar Association
National Bar Association

Fraternities and Sororities

Phi Alpha Delta

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Memphis, TN

1407 Union Avenue
Ste. 807
Memphis, TN 38104

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Phone: 901-563-1886

Fax: 901-462-8629

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Website: https://www.myjbfirm.com

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