James Johnson
Founding Partner
Email: jjohnson@johnsonbakken.com
Phone: (720) 921-2070
Background
Mr. Johnson has been practicing commercial and civil litigation for over 25 years. His practice focuses on insurance defense and commercial litigation, and he has tried cases involving complex product liability issues, catastrophic injury, business and commercial disputes, real property disputes, and automobile accident and premises liability claims.
Mr. Johnson has also handled multi-jurisdiction and mass tort claims involving medical device litigation, government, as well as numerous construction defect claims, involving water intrusion issues, fire damage, building and material defects, and industrial hygiene (mold) issues. Finally, he has handled numerous insurance issues, including coverage disputes, bad faith litigation, coverage analysis, and Colorado Consumer Protection Act claims.
He has tried over 20 cases in multiple jurisdictions, including Colorado and Wyoming State and Federal courts These include bench and jury trials, and numerous arbitrations. He has also served on multiple occasions as a trial monitor for national insurance companies in multi-million dollar cases.
Mr. Johnson’s recent jury verdicts include:
- Defense verdict in $20M, complex product liability case involving oil-field amputation
- Defense verdict in complex brain-injury trial involving golf cart accident
- Defense verdict in commercial lease dispute involving construction defect issues ($2M sought)
- Defense verdicts in jury trials in El Paso, Larimer, Douglas and Denver County District Courts
Other experience includes:
- Successful resolution of multi-million dollar elder abuse/battery case in California
- Favorable resolution of multi-million dollar business dispute involving excavation company in Texas
- Favorable resolution of severe injury cases in Wyoming and Colorado, for national oil company and national transportation company
- Handling multiple $10+ million dollar product liability and construction defect claims
Education
- Juris Doctor, 1995, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California
- Bachelor of Arts, Communication, 1990 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
State Licenses
- Colorado
- California
Other team Members
Aaron Bakken
Founding Partner
Ryan Greely
Founding Partner
Josh Smith
Founding Partner
Jack Hardwick
Senior Associate
Steven Phillips
Special Counsel
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