Background

Johnson, Laura Constance was born on August 22, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of John Flornoy and Leanah Craig (Mills) Johnson.

Education

Bachelor in International Studies, University North Carolina, 1991. Juris Doctor, University South Carolina, 1994.

Career

Worked at Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, LLP (Charleston, SC) specializing in Insurance and Commercial Litigation, Administrative, Admiralty, Appeals, Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Creditor's Rights, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Health Care, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Tax, and Workers' Compensation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1994, South Carolina. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Writing.

Associate Editor-in-Chief, South Carolina Environmental Law Journal. Author: The Impact of CERCLA on Real Estate Transactions, South Carolina Environmental Law Journal (Fall 1995). Interpreting South Carolina's New Drycleaner Solvent Cleanup Program, South Carolina Lawyer (July/August 1996).

RCRA in the Perioperative Setting, Operating Nurses Journal (Spring 1995). Seminars (2): The Use of the Internet in Law Practice (one for private seminar organization and one for SC Bar. Member: South Carolina Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division).

American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section). Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale LLP is a regional civil litigation and commercial law practice, based in Charleston, South Carolina, representing local and national clients in the Southeast. The Firm's primary areas of practice are insurance defense, complex civil litigation, and a full range of commercial and business law.

Achievements

• Bar: South Carolina., 1994, Richland County Bar, 1994, Charleston County Bar, 1996, United States District Court South Carolina., 1994, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit), 1994.

Works

• Other Work

  • Associate editor-in-chief South Carolina Environmental Law Journal, Columbia, 1993-1994, editorial board, 1992-1993. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Volunteer South Carolina. Bar Pro Bono Program, since 1991, Guardian Ad Litem Program, Richland County, South Carolina., 1991-1994. Coach Special Olympics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1987-1991.

Member Defense Research Institute, South Carolina. Women Lawyers Association, South Carolina. Defense Trial Lawyers Association, South Carolina.

Claims Association, South Carolina. Bar Association (seminar speaker 1997, member young lawyers division).

Connections

father:

John Flornoy Johnson

mother:

Leanah Craig (Mills) Johnson