Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in Louisville, KY

Clark C. Johnson is an attorney at Louisville-based Kaplan Johnson Abate and Bird LLP, where he focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, providing aggressive representation to clients throughout the country. Admitted to practice in both Kentucky and Illinois, Mr. Johnson is also admitted to practice before numerous federal trial and appellate courts, iincluding the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and and 11th Circuits.

Mr. Johnson has acted as lead counsel to businesses and executives in cases arising out of shareholder class actions and other types of securities litigation. Other matters that he has handled have involved predatory lending allegations against mortgage lenders, life insurance disputes, consumer fraud, corporate governance, and lender liability claims. Mr. Johnson has also represented companies in investigations and enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and his clients span a variety of industries, including manufacturing, financial services, and real estate development. His successful track record has earned him the high regard of his fellow attorneys, including an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, he has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Johnson attended Northwestern University and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1989. His legal education came at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, and he was awarded his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1994. After clerking for a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Mr. Johnson joined an international law firm based in Chicago, and he spent several years there before becoming a partner at a large Louisville-based firm. He has been with his current firm since January 2018.

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