Overview
Brad Johnson is a shareholder in Gunster’s Jacksonville office, but he handles cases around the country pertaining to a wide range of matters, including multi-plaintiff actions, multi-district litigation, products liability, employment discrimination and insurance bad faith.
Brad is rated “AV ” by Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. He was Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar from 1996 to 2016.
Experience
- Lead Florida counsel for employer in state-wide wage and hour collective action
- Lead trial counsel representing equipment distributor in jury trial involving allegations of trade secret violations in Jacksonville, Florida
- Lead counsel in Dallas, Texas arbitration on behalf of food distributor
- Lead arbitration counsel representing Jacksonville healthcare organization involving same-sex sexual harassment claims
- Lead trial counsel in Jacksonville regarding allegations of security negligence resulting in murder
- Lead counsel representing Jacksonville church in trial involving clergy sexual battery allegations
- Lead counsel representing land owners in Jacksonville trial concerning property partition action
- Lead trial counsel representing owners in Jacksonville land use issues against developer
- Lead defense counsel in Jacksonville trial on behalf of health care organization accused of medical billing fraud retaliation
- Lead counsel representing healthcare organization in national origin discrimination trial in Jacksonville federal court
- Lead counsel for owner in “sick building”/ADA trial in Birmingham, Alabama
- Co-lead defense trial counsel in federal court trial in Jacksonville, Florida involving admiralty issues, personal injuries and jurisdictional issues
- Lead counsel in non-compete trial in Omaha, Nebraska
- Lead arbitration counsel in intellectual property matter in Jacksonville, Florida
- Lead trial counsel in Bridgeport, Connecticut federal court defending employer in sexual-orientation discrimination matter
- Lead defense counsel in age-discrimination trial in Melbourne, Florida
- Lead counsel in Dallas, Texas workers compensation discrimination trial
- Lead trial counsel for employer in Tampa federal age-discrimination defense
- Lead defense counsel for employer in Orange County, California whistleblower-retaliation litigation
- Lead trial counsel for Tulsa employer in federal court matter involving disability discrimination allegations
- Lead trial counsel representing employer in wage-and-hour under-payment allegations in Ponca City, Oklahoma
- Lead counsel representing automobile distributor in Tampa federal court in gender-discrimination trial
- Lead counsel in Jacksonville federal trial involving “perceived” disability discrimination
- Lead counsel in Jacksonville trial involving false imprisonment
- Lead trial counsel in Florida matter defending national merchant against premises liability allegations
- Lead counsel in St. Augustine personal injury matter on behalf of national consumer client
- Lead defense counsel in Jacksonville trial involving defective equipment allegations resulting in personal injury
News & Insights
- “PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin: The U.S. Supreme Court Misses the Cut on the Americans With Disabilities Act,” The Labor Lawyer, Summer 2002
- “Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: Poor Behavior Leads to Perverse Ruling,” Florida Law Review, July 1999
- “The World of Retaliation After Robinson v. Shell Oil,” The Florida Bar Journal, May 1998
- “Closing Argument: Boom to the Skilled, Bust to the Overzealous,” The Florida Bar Journal, May 1995
Publications
Involvement
Professional Associations & Memberships
- Florida Bar, 1987
- Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, 1996-16
- Trial Lawyer Section Executive Committee, 2010
Civic & Community Service
- Jacksonville Urban League, Executive Committee, 2007-09
Education
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, J.D., with honors, 1987; Law Review
- Duke University, Durham, NC, B.A., with honors, 1984
Admissions
- Florida, 1987
- United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida
