Kelly S. Johnson

Kelly S. Johnson has almost twenty years of experience in business litigation and financial matters enabling her to provide her clients with knowledge, experience, and background to find the solutions that will best meet their needs.

Kelly handles the following types of cases:

BUSINESS LITIGATION

Kelly has successful experience in business litigation matters, including:

• Contract disputes
• Business divorces
• Control and dissolutions (partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations)
• Commercial disputes
• Business torts
• Tortious interference with contract
• Fraud
• Embezzlement
• Employment-related disputes
• Breach of non-compete
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Director and officer liability
• Securities litigation

If you have a problem, Kelly can find you a solution. She is often able to help her clients avoid litigation entirely or negotiate favorable resolutions out-of-court. However, if the need arises, she aggressively pursues and defends her clients’ interests in court and at trial with a diverse knowledge of the law, creativity, and attention to each case’s unique circumstances and her client’s needs.

Kelly also works with her clients to routinely evaluate their businesses, in order to help them identify and plan for possible litigation before it occurs. The benefits of such planning are not limited to being better prepared for litigation but include better business practices in general. The reality is that most businesses will, at one point or another, be involved in litigation, whether as a plaintiff or as a defendant. Businesses that plan for these contingencies by adopting sound business practices improve their chances of prevailing in litigation while minimizing the costs of that litigation and, simultaneously, strengthening their business.

REAL ESTATE LITIGATION

Any conflict concerning real estate deserves the attention of a business-focused experienced attorney.  Kelly represents individuals and businesses involved in disputes arising from:

• Property rights (regarding boundary lines, easements, nuisance, etc.)
• Real estate contracts
•  Title insurance and failure to disclose
• Commercial landlord-tenant disputes
• Commercial leases
• Construction and development (land owners, developers, contractors)
• Insurance coverage claims
• Toxic torts
• Professional Malpractice

 DEBT AND LENDING AGREEMENTS

Most business owners use debt to start, build, and sustain their companies. Sometimes, however, these lending agreements end in default or conflict.  Kelly provides creative financial workout solutions for businesses unable to meet their debt obligations.  She also represents creditors seeking to enforce debt agreements.  Below are some of the types of debt and lending agreement litigation matters that she handles:

•  Financial workouts including debt negotiation and business wind-downs
• Loan-related litigation
• Creditor representation in bankruptcy cases
• Trustee representation
• Execution of Judgments
• Post-judgment discovery and collection