Bio

 Shawn A. Johnson is a civil trial lawyer who uses his professional backgrounds in accounting, technology, and law to provide results for his clients. Shawn has a track record of success in a variety of complex legal disputes and proved himself to be a skilled trial and appellate attorney in his first half-decade of private practice after graduating first in his law-school class and clerking at the Texas Supreme Court. 

Shawn has handled a wide range of business litigation, including cases involving claims for breach of fiduciary duty, trade secret misappropriation, contract breaches, and violations of non-compete agreements. He has handled numerous disputes between partners, shareholders, and members of companies, which often lead to owner buyouts. His cases have involved a wide variety of industries including oil and gas, energy, healthcare, hospitality, and construction. 

Shawn routinely draws from his prior professional experience in public accounting to achieve successful outcomes for clients. He received an M.S. in Management Information Systems and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University, becoming licensed as a Certified Public Accountant shortly thereafter. Shawn worked for the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche for three years, primarily as a cyber security consultant in enterprise-transforming system implementations for some of the largest companies in the world. He then decided to pursue his legal education at Texas A&M University School of Law and was awarded his J.D. summa cum laude and graduated first in his law-school class. 

While in law school, Shawn served as Managing Editor of the Texas A&M Law Review and authored multiple articles published in law reviews and legal journals across the county. In law school, Shawn also worked for Texas Supreme Court Justice Debra H. Lehrmann, Judge Sim Lake in the Southern District of Texas, and Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton in the Northern District of Texas and served as a summer associate at the Buzbee Law Firm. 

After graduation, Shawn clerked for Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul Green and then spent four years as an associate at Burford Perry, LLP. While at Burford Perry, and in addition to the complex cases he was handling at that firm, Shawn began co-counseling with Kent Schaffer in complex civil cases representing students with claims against private schools and judges in election contests. 

Throughout his legal career, Shawn has experienced success at all levels of the judicial system. He won cases in the Texas Supreme Court and the Nevada Supreme Court, as well as in numerous intermediate appellate courts. He has also successfully defended against a petition for writ of certiorari as lead counsel in the United States Supreme Court. Shawn also obtains great results in the courtroom, obtaining successful client outcomes before a lawsuit becomes necessary and in injunction proceedings, jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations. 

Whether an individual or new or established business, Shawn is dedicated to understanding his clients' goals and working efficiently and effectively to reach those goals through communication, hard work, and use of a thorough understanding of the law and the facts of his clients' cases.