Michele Lynn Johnson

Practice Details

• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Significant Representations
  Represented major tobacco company in numerous cases in state courts throughout Florida as a result of the Florida Supreme Court's decertification of a class of plaintiffs, in its decision in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 845 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2006), seeking damages for injuries allegedly caused by smoking cigarettes. Represented major provider of insurance
  other financial services, as well as other large
  small companies, with regard to a broad range of labor
  employment related matters. Represented brokerage firms before the National Association of Securities Dealers
  the New York Stock Exchange as well as in state
  federal courts in Florida. Represented four large national
  Ohio-based lending institutions in a multimillion-dollar multidistrict litigation, transferred by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, involving recovery right pursuant to claims made under surety bonds
  insurance policies. Defended securities class action cases on behalf of the world's largest tire maker, large financial institutions
  a Canadian-based investment management organization. Defended luxury automobile manufacturer in various state courts against claims under the Ohio Lemon Law, the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, the Uniform Commercial Code,
  the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Defended TRW
  its acquirer in a series of related product liability matters concerning trailer manufacturing. Defended Gr
  Casinos in a multimillion-dollar contract dispute fought in a series of actions in both federal bankruptcy court
  in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Advised the City of Clevel
  in connection with requests for information made by the public under the Ohio Public Records Act.