Valerie Johnson

Valerie Johnson graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1987 and from UNC School of Law with honors in 1994. Valerie joined the firm of Patterson Harkavy and litigated cases around the state of North Carolina.  Since 2011 Valerie has practiced in Durham at Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC, now Johnson & Groninger. Valerie is Board Certified in Workers' Compensation Law. Since 2003 she has taught trial advocacy at the UNC School of Law.  She has taught workers' compensation law at the Wake Forest University School of Law. Valerie serves on the board of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and was the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Section. She is the co-editor of North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law: A Practical Guide to Success at Every Stage of a Claim, published by LexisNexis and now in its 3rd edition.