Paul C. Johnson, Attorney

Paul joined the law firm of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in August 1995 and has worked on many diverse types of cases, including professional liability matters involving attorneys, accountants, real estate and insurance agents; products liability cases; civil rights claims; insurance coverage issues; and general liability matters. Paul presently focuses his practice on personal injury matters in transportation/trucking liability, premises liability, motor vehicle, and municipal liability, and he defends all asbestos matters for the firm in the state of New Jersey.

Paul has handled close to a thousand asbestos matters and has represented plumbing, electrical, building, and auto supply companies, as well as industrial boiler manufacturers and drywall product manufacturers in asbestos matters. In his career, he has represented a variety of small and large trucking companies in motor vehicle accidents and had the opportunity to handle many municipality matters throughout central and southern New Jersey on a variety of casualty claims.

Paul graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Scranton with a Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology, with a minor in Philosophy, in 1987. Following his graduation, Paul worked as a legal assistant in his father's law office before entering law school. Paul graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 1991.

After completing law school, Paul held a judicial clerkship in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division in Ocean County, New Jersey. He had the opportunity to work with four different judges in this vicinage through a rotating clerkship program. Paul clerked for the Honorable James D. Clyne, the Honorable Peter J. Giovine, the Honorable Francis D. Piscal, and the Honorable Rosalie B. Cooper.

Following the one-year clerkship, in the fall of 1992, Paul worked for the Legal Aid Society of Mercer County in Trenton, New Jersey, becoming the managing attorney for the housing unit in 1994.

Significant Representative Matters:

• Gaskill v. Mount Holly Township