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Firm: Longshot Law, Inc., P.S.

P.O. Box 1575 , Port Orchard , Washington 98366

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Chalmers Johnson has extensive trial experience in South Carolina and Western Washington. He has tried over 100 cases to verdict before juries and many more before Judges (in what are known as bench trials or administrative hearings). Mr. Johnson focuses his practice on helping people who have been injured or who have work related problems (representing mostly emplyoees, and small business owners in need of guidance). He has extensive experience in civil rights and employment law and is a fierce advocate for the rights of employees. Mr. Johnson also enjoys working with businesses concerned about complying with employment laws.. During the six or seven years, Mr. Johnson has been heavily involved in representing federal workers in disciplinary hearings, MSPB appeals, EEO claims and lawsuits, and DODCAF clearance review cases. With a practice in Port Orchard, he has helped many clients from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and works to maintain a good relationship with the Shipyard's Unions.. An experienced appellate attorney, Mr. Johnson has argued before appeals courts in South Carolina and federal appeals panels for the Fourth Circuit in Virginia more than 30 times. He has argued before the SC Supreme Court on eleven occasions. In Washington, Mr. Johnson has fought appeals in the 9th Circuit and the Federal Appellate Court as well as the Washington Court of Appeals, Div. II.. Chalmers Johnson began his career in South Carolina in 1995 clerking for a personal injury attorney. He soon focused on civil rights and employment law and then opened his own law firm in 2000, Chalmers Johnson Law Firm, LLC, with two offices, and several lawyers, serving all counties in South Carolina. They focused on employment law/ civil rights cases and Chalmers soon began to represent clients in state and federal appeals courts. In 2007 he sold his practice in South Carolina and moved to Washington State where he practiced in the same areas with law firms in Tacoma, Silverdale, and Port Orchard, WA. With the advent of the COVID pandemic, Mr. Johnson decided to move his practice to his home office, under the name "Longshot Law, Inc.". Bar Admissions. State of South Carolina, 1996. U.S. District Court, South Carolina Division 1997. U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit 1999. Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2003. State of Washington, 2008. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2010. Education. University of South Carolina, School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina J.D. – 1996. Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina B.A. – 1993, cum laude Major: Political science, Minor: sociology. Employment History. 2013 – Current. Private Practice, Longshot Law, Inc., Port Orchard, WA. -          Personal injury, Litigation, Civil Rights, Employment Law, Appellate Practice, Federal MSPB, EEO, DODCAF clearance. 2010-2013. J. Michael Koch & Assoc., Silverdale, WA. -          Personal Injury, Litigation, Employment Law, Appellate Practice. 2008-2009. Vail, Cross & Associates, P.A., Tacoma, WA -          Personal injury, Litigation. 2008. West Corporation, Bar-Bri, Seattle, WA -          Staff Counsel for Bar-Bri Washington State Bar preparation. 2000-2007. Chalmers Johnson Law Firm, LLC -          Owner, Employment law, Litigation, Appellate practice. 1996-2000. Law Firm of Steven Wukela, Jr., Florence, SC -          Personal Injury, Litigation, Employment Law, Appellate Practice. 1995-1996. Walter Brooks Law Firm, Columbia, SC -          Paralegal/clerk – Personal Injury

Firm: GSJONES LAW GROUP, P.S.

1155 Bethel Avenue , Port Orchard , Washington 98366

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Civil , Criminal Defense , Elder , Employment & Labor , Estate Planning, Family , Guardianship and Conservatorship, Landlord & Tenant, Personal Injury, Probate , Wills, Wrongful Death, Motorcycle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Motorcycle Accident

I have been representing clients like you for 20 years. As a litigator, I have successfully obtained settlements and verdicts in many personal injury cases with extensive experience in the courtroom representing the injured party. The two most common types of cases involve motor vehicle accidents and slip/trip and fall cases.  If you are injured, you are almost always going to come out of the situation better with the help of an attorney.  Attorneys tend to make little decisions over time that have a big cumulative effect.. The skill set from those two types of cases play into boundary line disputes, contract disputes, and other disputes.  I will help litigate those disputes.  Our office has several attorneys practicing in diverse legal areas that I can turn to when litigation demands that expertise. We are also known for handling URGENT injury matters that call for quick court action.