Greg Johnson concentrates on complex commercial litigation, representing financial services firms and other companies in civil and regulatory matters. He has helped companies recover assets from borrowers, refute lender-liability claims, and oppose claims of federal and common-law securities fraud filed by class-action plaintiffs and individual investors. He has assisted with company responses to SEC investigations. Mr. Johnson has substantial experience in international civil practice, including the use of Hague conventions for the service of process and the taking of evidence abroad. Mr. Johnson assisted in a four-day trial involving claims of director and officer liability before the Delaware Court of Chancery, a preeminent forum for the resolution of corporate disputes. Before law school, Mr. Johnson was a journalist in the Washington, DC area, where he covered law enforcement, legal, and regulatory matters. He won several press association awards and his work on the DC-area sniper shootings in 2002 was submitted for Pulitzer Prize consideration.
Publications
His credits for legal publications include: “Accommodating Struggling Borrowers: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished,” New York Law Journal (Nov. 2, 2009), with Howard E. Cotton and Michael F. Gordon; and “Response to Ponzi and Other Schemes: Alternative Investment Funds Under Scrutiny,” Practising Law Institute (June 30, 2009), with Anthony Paccione et al.
Education
During law school, Mr. Johnson was an intern for Judge Roger W. Titus for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He graduated with high honors from the George Washington University Law School, where he was designated Order of the Coif and received the Phi Delta Phi Award.