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 Alan E. Johnson
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
For more than 20 years, a substantial part of Alan's practice has involved constitutional and other public law litigation, professional liability litigation, defamation litigation, employment litigation, business contract litigation, and insurance coverage opinions and litigation (governmental, professional, and business liability policies).
Alan practices in the federal and state courts of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey in 2003, he was a practicing litigation attorney in Cleveland, Ohio (1979-1981, 1983-2003). He was an editor at The Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company in Rochester, New York, from 1981 to 1983, where he made substantial contributions to the publication Federal Procedure, Lawyers Edition. - 2003
- Constitutional and other public law litigation
- (defending governmental entities, officials, and police officers)
- Professional liability defense
- (attorneys, brokers, agents, etc.)
- Employment litigation (representing employer)
- Noncompetition covenant litigation
- Business and construction contract litigation
- Nonprofit corporate litigation
- Defamation litigation
- Insurance coverage opinions and litigation
- (governmental, professional, and business liability policies)
- Ohio, 1979
- Pennsylvania, 2002
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1979
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2003
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio,
1979
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- University of Chicago,
1968
B.A.
- University of Chicago,
1971
M.A.
- Squaring the Circle: The Third Circuit Mandates Pre-Answer Procedures for Qualified Immunity Challenges to Factually Vague Complaints, Defense Digest, Vol. 12, No. 4, Dec., 2006
- Land Use Earthquake: Supreme Court Modifies "Takings" Jurisprudence, Defense Digest, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Sept.), 2005
- Recent Developments Regarding Ohio's Vexatious Litigator Statute, Defense Digest, Vol. 9, No. 2 (June), 2003
- "Municipal Corporations," "Property Rights," and "Due Process, Procedural", Encyclopedia of U.S. Supreme Court, edited by Thomas L. Lewis and Richard L. Wilson, (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2000)
- Federal Procedure, Lawyers Edition, (Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company), Contributing Author, 1981-1983
- Thomas v. Independence Township, 463 F.3d 285
(3d Cir. 2006)
- Osiris Enterprises v. Borough of Whitehall, 398 F. Supp. 2d 400
(W.D. Pa. 2005)
- Fair Housing Advocates Ass'n v. City of Richmond Hts., 209 F.3d 626
(6th Cir. 2000)
- Wayne v. Village of Sebring, 36 F.3d 517
(6th Cir. 1994)
- Zilich v. Longo, 34 F.3d 359
(6th Cir. 1994)
- ACLU of Ohio, Inc. v. City of Stow, 29 F. Supp.2d 845
(N.D. Ohio 1998)
- McGee v. City of Warrensville Hts., 16 F. Supp.2d 837
(N.D. Ohio 1998)
- Rose v. Village of Peninsula, 875 F. Supp.442
(N.D. Ohio 1995)
- Smith v. City of Elyria, 857 F. Supp. 1203
(N.D. Ohio 1994)
- Bettio v. Village of Northfield, 775 F. Supp. 1545
(N.D. Ohio 1991)
- Sheffield v. Rowland, 87 Ohio St.3d 9, 716 N.E.2d 1121
( 1999)
- Wagner v. Armbruster, 108 Ohio App.3d 719, 671 N.E.2d 630
( 1996)
- Ketchel v. Bainbridge Township, 79 Ohio App.3d 174, 607 N.E.2d 22
( 1992)
- Peppers v. Beier, 75 Ohio App.3d 420, 599 N.E.2d 793
( 1991)
- AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
- Ohio State Bar Association,
1979
- Present
- Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association,
2003
- Present
- Member
- Allegheny County (Pa.) Bar Association,
2003
- Present
- Member
- Federal Bar Association,
2006
- Present
- Member
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