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Mr. Johnson has been with Kane, Ballmer & Berkman since 2003. During that time, he has represented individuals and public agencies in a wide variety of litigation in state and federal courts, including validation proceedings, federal telecommunications act matters, writ proceedings, and code enforcement.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Johnson had more than twenty years experience in representing public agencies and businesses as both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state trial and appellate court proceedings, including mediations and arbitrations. He has represented clients in disputes relating to general municipal affairs, development, redevelopment, commercial, construction, property taxation, property tax allocation, water, election, zoning, civil rights, gaming, aviation, regulatory, personal injury, and banking matters. During the past seven years, Mr. Johnson also served as interim and assistant city attorney and city prosecutor for several cities in Los Angeles County.
Some of Mr. Johnson’s latest cases include the following:
Successfully represented City Clerk in writ and appellate proceedings relating to recall election, and successfully defended alleged fraudulent election of three City Council members in election contest trials;
Successfully defeated a County’s challenge to a Redevelopment Agency’s adoption of a redevelopment plan amendment; and
Represented a Redevelopment Agency in disputes over proper method for County’s calculation of tax increment under applicable constitutional and statutory provisions (one case settled and other case is on appeal).
Immediately after graduating from UCLA School of Law, Mr. Johnson was a deputy district attorney, where he tried more than fifty misdemeanor and felony cases to verdict. |
