William E. Johnson Joins Lawyers Mutual Insurance's Board

18 Jul 2013 10:55 AM | Kathi McKeown

The following "For Immediate Release" was received from Lawyers Mutual:

Louisville, KY. Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky (LMICK) welcomes William E. Johnson to their Board of Directors. A partner in the law firm of Johnson Newcomb, LLP in Frankfort, KY, Johnson engages in all areas of trial practice and administrative law. He has served as the former assistant county attorney of Franklin Country, KY and as special counsel to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

 

Johnson has been before the United States Supreme Court, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third and Sixth Circuit Courts, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western districts of Kentucky, and pro hac vice of the U.S. Courts for the Virgin Islands, District of Kansas, and the Southern District of Ohio.

 

He is president-elect of the Kentucky Bar Association for 2013-1014 and was vice president of the Board of Governors, chairman of the House of Delegates in 1979. Johnson also served as president of the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, Franklin County Bar Association, and president of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

 

Throughout his career, Johnson has held many Board of Directors positions, authored articles and co-authored articles in magazines and books. He received the War Horse Award from the Southern Trial Lawyers Association; was awarded the Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award by the Department of Public Advocacy in 2001; is listed in the Best Lawyers in America; and received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Kentucky State University in 2004.

 


 
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