Ronald Johnson

Attorney

20 yrs experience
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Louisville, KY

Bar admissions

Kentucky

Awards and recognition

01Peter Perlman Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year - Kentucky Justice Association (2023)
02Plaintiff Trial Lawyer of the Year - Kentucky Trial Court Review (2021)
03Barrister Fellow - Louisville Bar Foundation (2020)
04AV Preeminent rating - Martindale-Hubbell
05Super Lawyers

Memberships

Kentucky Justice Association (former President)
Louisville Bar Association (Board of Directors)
Attorney Advertising Commission of the Kentucky Bar Association

Background

Ronald E. Johnson Jr. is a partner at Hendy Johnson Vaughn (HJV) in Louisville, Kentucky, with over two decades of legal practice. He has litigated complex and catastrophic cases nationwide, focusing on personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, and accident cases. In the national opioid litigation, he served as lead counsel on behalf of all local governmental entities in Kentucky in negotiations with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, securing a 50-50 division of settlement proceeds that resulted in more than $400 million going to Kentucky counties and cities to remediate the opioid epidemic. He is a former president of the Kentucky Justice Association and serves on the boards of the Louisville Bar Association and the Attorney Advertising Commission of the Kentucky Bar Association.

Notable cases

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Kentucky opioid litigation - $400M+ for Kentucky counties/cities (lead counsel for local governments)

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