John W Johnson II
Christian & Small LLP
1800 Financial Center
505 North 20th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35203

Tel:  205.250.6662
Fax: 205.328.7234
email: jwj@csattorneys.com

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Practice Areas
Business & Commercial
  Litigation
Insurance
Liquor Liability
General Litigation

Admitted to Practice
Alabama, 2003
Mississippi, 2004

Education
Birmingham-Southern College, 1998, B.S., Science and Mathematics (Presidential Academic Scholarship Recipient; Dean’s List; Published in Southern Academic Review)

University of Alabama School of Law, 2003, J.D. (Phi Delta Phi; Defense Lawyer’s Association; Lightfoot, Franklin & White Scholarship Recipient)

Speaking Engagements
Faculty – National Business Institute, 2008-09

John is a member of the firm's litigation section. A large part of his practice focuses on insurance coverage disputes and analysis. It includes providing coverage opinions on insurers' duties to defend and indemnify insureds. He represents insurers involved in contract and contract-related claims and torts, including fraud, bad faith, and claims for extracontractual damages. He also represents and advises insurers in allocation of risk disputes, obligations to additional insureds, indemnity agreements between insureds, and rights and duties among primary and excess carriers.

John also regularly defends professional malpractice claims, personal injury cases and catastrophic personal injury and death claims brought under Alabama's liquor liability laws.

Professional Honors and Affiliations

• Alabama State Bar 2008 Pilot Mentoring Program
• American Bar Association
• Alabama State Bar Association
• Birmingham Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section

Court Admissions

• Alabama State Bar
• Mississippi State Bar
• United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
• United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
• United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
• United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
• United States District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
• United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi

Publications

• Author, Allen's Alabama Liability Insurance Handbook, 2nd ed. (2008)
• "Liquor Liability Litigation in Alabama," Birmingham Bar Association Bulletin, Vol. 26, Issue 4
• "Insurers’ Dilemma: Defend or Not, Who Controls the Defense," Birmingham Bar Association Bulletin, Vol. 25, Issue 2

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