The Johnson Law Firm is a general practice law firm serving the needs of people in southeastern North Carolina. Our aim is to provide quality legal services in the following areas:

Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation:
The Johnson Law Firm handles vehicle accident cases and other injuries caused by someone else’s negligence. We also do substantial trial work involving construction problems, business transactions, breach of contract claims, estates and trust disputes, condemnation actions, real estate issues, insurance, and commercial account collections. > more

Property Transactions:
Property transactions can be complex involving a range of questions concerning real property title, lender’s forms, government regulations, and paperwork at every turn. Our firm simplifies the process of buying or selling real estate. We advise clients in the planning, financing, constructing, selling, and leasing of residential property. We handle lien claims, zoning issues, 1031 like-kind exchanges, and land use regulatory matters. We are approved by major title insurance companies and lending institutions in North Carolina.

Business Law:
The Johnson Law Firm assists clients in the formation of business entities, including for-profit, non-profit, professional corporations, limited liability companies, and general and limited partnerships. Once established, we help clients maintain business records and documentation, offer legal advice in business planning, and provide legal services necessary for the proper operation of our client’s business. > more

Family Law and Family Planning:
When people need to go in new directions or need more family security, the Johnson Law Firm will help. Grouped under the catchall phrase of “family law”, the Johnson Law Firm advises guides clients through adoption, separation, divorce, custody and visitation, child support, alimony and property division. We also can provide legal instruments that add to family security, such as trusts and health-care powers of attorney. We explained the legal ramifications of how property is owned, conserved, or managed, and the tax considerations. We know how to handle issues concerning school, marriage, buying a home, and virtually all other situations a family will encounter. > more

Criminal Law:
Being charged with a crime is a serious matter. The attorneys at the Johnson Law Firm are experienced in criminal defense. We defend misdemeanors and felonies in both District and Superior Court. Both W. Leslie Johnson, Jr. and Will L. Johnson, III have also prosecuted for the State of North Carolina so they know what it like working at the other table.1 We advise clients about the penalties involved, the likelihood of a successful outcome, whether to plea a case or try it before a judge or jury.

Wills, Estate Planning and Estate Administration:
Preparing a will is for most people the first step in providing for your family after death. The attorneys at the Johnson Law Firm can help you to plan ahead. We help with planing and understanding how IRAs, bank accounts, retirement plans, insurance contracts, and real property ownership are all supposed to work for your family after death. We advise on the tax consequences of different ownership arrangements and can help you plan on the unexpected. We often hear from our estate planning clients that knowing what will happen and knowing how to pass along what they have worked so hard for offers them much peace of mind.

Workers’ Compensation:
Worker’s Compensation is a benefit system for those people who are employees, injured by an accident, arising out of and in the course of employment. Worker’s Compensation provides temporary total disability checks while injured workers are out of work seeing a doctor, or for medical treatments which are reasonable and necessary to heal the injury, or to shorten the period of disability. Workers’ Compensation will then make payments for permanent disability based on impairment rating, impaired wage earning capacity, or permanent total disability. > more

Social Security Disability:
If you are have a physical or mental impairment and have worked for five of the last ten years you may be eligible for disability benefits. There are four major types of disability benefits administered by SSA: disability insurance benefits, disabled adult child benefits, disabled widow’s and widower’s benefits, and SSI disability benefits. Social Security law is complicated and the attorneys at the Johnson Law Firm are familiar with how the system works and how to make sure you get the attention you deserve. > more