Background
Alston Johnson, Valerie was born on February 27, 1964 in Henderson, North Carolina, United States.
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Valerie Alston Johnson
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelor of Arts, 1987. Juris Doctor with honors, 1994).
Career
Worked at Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Limited liability partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Employment, Labor, Workers Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Environmental Law. Civil Trials and Appellate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1994, North Carolina.
Member, Moot Court. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers.
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence was formed in 1991 by lawyers who had practiced together for many years at the predecessor firm Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James, Harkavy & Lawrence, of Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina.
The firm maintains offices in both cities. The firm is dedicated to providing high quality, energetic advocacy in a few specialized areas of practice: labor and employment, civil rights, environmental, toxic tort, personal injury and workers" compensation. The firm has extensive experience in complex litigation, class actions, trial and appellate practice, and advocacy before a variety of administrative bodies and the North Carolina General Assembly.
Members of the firm regularly provide mediation and arbitration services, teach at law schools, universities and professional education seminars and are active in bar and public interest organizations.
The firm frequently litigates in affiliation with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, environmental organizations, and local and international unions.
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Membership
Member, Moot Court. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers. North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
