J. Justin Johnston
Shareholder
Year Joined Firm
- 2001
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Litigation
- Business and Commercial Litigation
- Appellate and Post-Conviction Remedies
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 2000
- Kansas, 2001
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2001
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2007
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2008
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2010
Education
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri
- J.D. - 2000
- Honors: Moot Court National Team Member
- Honors: Dean's List
- Law Review: U.M.K.C. Law Review, Staff Member and Literary Editor, 1998 - 2000
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- B.A. - 1997
- Major: English
Published Works
- Electronic Evidence in Civil & Criminal Cases: Discovery, Presentation and Admission, Missouri Trial Judge Education, Committee Seminar, 2006
- Drafting Strategies for Specific Motions, Institute for Paralegal Education, Advanced Legal Drafting for Kansas Paral, 2002
- Reasonover v. Washington: Toward a Just Treatment of the Wrongly Convicted in Missouri, U.M.K.C. Law Review, 411, 2000
Honors and Awards
- Named a "Quickly-Rising Star" by Benchmark, "America's Leading LItigation Firms and Attorneys, 2008 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- The American Bar Association
- Missouri Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association
- The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- The Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- The Supreme Court Historical Society
- The American Inns of Court
Past Employment Positions
- Supreme Court of Missouri, Law Clerk
- Missouri Court of Appeals - Western District , Law Clerk
