Jonathan Johnson

Mr. Jonathan W. Johnson serves with Billips & Benjamin, LLP as Of Counsel in civil litigation, including wrongful death, aviation accidents, trucking accidents, insurance claims, breach of contract, general employment law, and serious personal injury lawsuits. As a resident of Atlanta since 1998 and a Georgia native, Mr. Johnson is proud to serve the community in which he grew up.

Jonathan Johnson spent his childhood in Columbus and Conyers, Georgia. He was the Star Student at Heritage High School in Conyers, before attending Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. At Oglethorpe, Mr. Johnson received the Oglethorpe Cup as the most outstanding member of the graduating class. After graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in accounting, Mr. Johnson attended and graduated from Columbia University School of Law in New York City. While at Columbia, Mr. Johnson passed the Certified Public Accountants examination and served as an Articles Editor for the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Johnson litigated environmental cases and joined the internationally known firm of Kreindler & Kreindler to represent plaintiffs in such areas as air disasters and business tort cases. He rose to the position of Senior Associate and was responsible for many cases that resulted in settlements and verdicts worth millions of dollars.

Mr. Johnson then came to the Atlanta firm of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, LLP. As a Senior Associate, he focused on aviation, commercial, and franchise litigation before becoming a Senior Associate with Parks, Chesin & Walbert. There, he represented clients in commercial litigation, wrongful death, and personal injury lawsuits.

In 2001, Jonathan Johnson and Mitchell Benjamin founded the Atlanta firm of Johnson & Benjamin, LLP. In addition to representing clients in personal injury and commercial litigation lawsuits, Mr. Johnson has also published "Georgia's Law of Charitable Immunity" 26 Verdict 48 (2001).

Mr. Johnson presently lives in Decatur, Georgia with his wife and two girls. He is a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Decatur.

E-mail: johnson@bandblawyers.com