Attorney Biography
Partner at King & Spalding LLP
J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1984
B.A. cum laude, Yale University, 1981
With emphasis on appellate practice in federal courts and California state courts, Paul R. Johnson typically represents major corporations in complex cases. His experience includes all phases of trial-court and appellate-court litigation. His broad substantive-law experience includes matters involving antitrust, employment, energy, environmental, infrastructure, intellectual property, land use, product liability, real property, reputation, and constitutional issues.
Paul is certified by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California as a specialist in appellate law. He is a past chair of the 16-member Committee on Appellate Courts of the State Bar of California and has presented on appellate law and practice. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.