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Roger Johnson

Founding Attorney (Retired)

  • Washington, DC
Roger Johnson
Bar admissions
  • District of Columbia
Education
J.D.
George Washington University National Law Center1977
Undergraduate
University of Michigan
Awards and recognition
  1. 01International Society of Barristers (inducted 2006)
  2. 02America's Best Lawyers (2007-2017)
  3. 03Washingtonian Magazine Top 1% Personal Injury Lawyer (2013, 2015)
Memberships
  • International Society of Barristers
  • D.C. Trial Lawyers Association (Board Member)
  • Director, United Bank of Virginia

Background

Roger C. Johnson is the retired founding attorney of Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP, which he co-founded in September 1979 with Joseph H. Koonz, Jr. and Carolyn McKenney with a shared goal of aggressively defending the rights of individuals. After earning his J.D. from George Washington University National Law Center in 1977, he served as law clerk to the Honorable George H. Revercomb on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1977 to 1978. Over a distinguished trial career, he was described by The Washington Post as "The Man Who Makes Them Pay" and obtained record verdicts and settlements in D.C., including the then-largest D.C. settlement in Redd v. Product Development Corporation and the second-largest in Shover v. Stella Steel. In his final three trials before retirement, he obtained verdicts or post-trial settlements totaling nearly $16 million.

Notable cases

  • Redd v. Product Development Corporation (largest D.C. settlement at time, truck accident)

  • Shover v. Stella Steel (second-largest D.C. settlement, construction brain injury)

  • 2016 pedestrian leg crush case settled for over $9.3 million

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