John W. Johnson
Partner since 1993 John W.
Johnson's practice covers a wide range of real estate and real estate
finance matters. John represents many financial institutions, lenders,
and individuals owners and developers. His experience includes
residential, commercial, oil and gas, and timber acquisitions, sales,
development and construction projects. John also routinely serves as
counsel for owners and lenders in connection with interim and
permanent financing of development and construction of commercial and
residential real estate. In addition to financing transactions, he
assists his clients in workouts, bankruptcy, and collection matters.
John has also served as counsel in numerous land litigation matters
including condemnation, zoning and restrictive covenant disputes,
trespass to try title, trespass, construction defects, delay and
breach of contract claims, royalty disputes, evictions, and
foreclosure related matters. John has also tried cases before the U.S.
Tax Court and handled civil tax matters.
John is Board Certified in the fields of Residential Real Estate
Law and Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization. He is also a certified public accountant.
John was named a Texas Super Lawyer for 2003 in Real Estate Law by
Texas Monthly.
John is a speaker on topics ranging from acquisition of commercial
and residential real estate, construction litigation and the
residential construction commission.
John is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of
Texas, the Louisiana Bar Association, the Jefferson County Bar
Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Texas Association
of Bank Counsel, the American Association of Attorney - CPAs, the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, ATA, and NSCA.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of
the Golden Triangle, the City of Beaumont's Small Business Revolving
Loan Advisory Committee, the Rotary Club of Beaumont, and the American
Heart Association "Shoot from the Heart" Committee member.
John is a Past President of the Southeast Texas Estate Planning
Council and the Saint Thomas Moore Society of Southeast Texas.
John is admitted to practice in Texas (1988) and Louisiana (1990),
including the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
and Southern District of Texas and the U.S. Tax Court.
John earned his B.S. in 1981 from Louisiana State University where
he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. He graduated
from the University of Texas School of Law in 1988.
John practices primarily in the firm's office in Beaumont.
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