Valerie A. Johnson

“She was probably the only one in the state of North Carolina who could have resolved a very delicate situation,”  quoted from Attorney Boyd Worley about a case Valerie Alston Johnson mediated.

Valerie Johnson represents North Carolina workers, teaches North Carolina law students, and works for the rights of injured workers.  Valerie’s book, North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law: A Practical Guide to Success at Every Stage of a Claim, was published in June 2014.

Valerie specializes in workers’ compensation representing state employees, union members, police officers, and all types of North Carolina workers.  Valerie is active in the legal community, serving on the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and as the chair of the Workers’ Compensation Committee.

Valerie Johnson teaches trial skills to third year law students at the University of North Carolina School of Law and has taught workers’ compensation law at the Wake Forest University School of Law. Valerie is listed in Best Lawyers in the areas of workers’ compensation and this year was recognized for 10 years as a Best Lawyer.  She is a North Carolina Super Lawyer and has been since 2006.  She was admitted to the National Academy of Social Insurance in 2011.

Valerie taught elementary school in the North Carolina Public Schools before she went to law school.  She lives in Durham with her husband Sam and her children Alexandra and Sam III.