Justin Keith Johnson | Attorney

Justin F. Johnson practices in the areas of medical malpractice, nursing home liability, and state board disciplinary actions. He became a shareholder at Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2007, and he is one of only an approximate 300 attorneys in the United States who also hold a pharmacy degree. He is a licensed pharmacist in both Iowa (1986) and Illinois (1987), and his knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, and anatomy are well utilized in the firm's health care liability practice.

Justin has handled several hundred medical malpractice matters. He has taken approximately 75 cases to trial, 74 of which were tried to a jury. Ninety percent of all verdicts were defense verdicts, and roughly 20 of his cases ended in a verdict or settlement significantly below the settlement demands.

He has represented a considerable number of physicians and pharmacists at state board disciplinary proceedings. He successfully obtained favorable trial verdicts in multiple cases involving potentially high jury awards, including matters involving limb loss, kidney/liver injury, and wrongful death by demonstrating that the physicians were not negligent in the care and treatment which they rendered to their patients.

He is presently handling a case for a physician involved in the Ortho Evra patch mass litigation.

Justin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Drake University in 1986. While at Drake University, he received various honors, including: The Norcliff-Thayer Publishing Grant, election into the Order of Omega (Honor Society), and inclusion on the Dean's List. Justin received his Juris Doctor degree from Pace University School of Law in June 1989. While at Pace, he was involved in their Health Law Program.

After serving a Judicial Internship with The Honorable John Marbach in the New York Supreme Court, Justin became associated with Jeffrey A. Krompier, Esquire, of Florham Park, New Jersey, from 1989 through 1992. In 1992, Justin became associated with Michael J. Lunga, Esquire of Fairfield, New Jersey, and became a partner at their newly named firm Lunga, Evers & Johnson in 1995. He remained at that firm until he joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin.

Justin is admitted to the Bar in New Jersey (1989), New York (1989), Illinois (1991), and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (1989). He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, and the American Society for Pharmacy Law. He has recently been appointed to the Medical Malpractice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, as well as the Joint Committee of Essex County Medical and Bar Associations. Justin is also the past Editor-in-Chief of Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, a monthly publication of American Lawyer Media (formerly Law Journal Newsletters).

Justin is a member of the Harrington Park Lions Club and the coach of two teams which are part of the Harrington Park Girls Softball Association. He is also a Consistory Member and first Vice-President of the Community Church of Harrington Park, New Jersey.