ABOUT

I have been a long time resident of Hastings moving here in 1993 when my father Chris Johnson joined the law firm of Conway and Connolly. I met my wife Bailey while attending Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. I convinced her to leave Okoboji, Iowa and follow me to the Good Life where we were married in Lincoln in 2011. We moved back to Hastings when I joined Conway, Pauley & Johnson in 2013. Our lives have been enriched by our beautiful children Harper, Finn, and Mattie.

I enjoy the practice of law and furthering my understanding of the many areas of practice. I strive to have a calming presence and occasional voice of reason for clients facing difficult situations in their lives. When I am away from the firm, Bailey and I share a passion for traveling the world and we look forward to instilling that passion in our children. I am a Husker fan to a fault, I also enjoy playing soccer, hiking in the Rocky Mountains and spending time with the many great friends we have made in Hastings.

My wife and I really enjoy living in the Hastings community. We are fortunate to be surrounded by a group of young professionals that share an eagerness to develop this city as an attractive place for professionals to raise a family while also marketing the many qualities Hastings has in store. Hastings allows me to give back and in that vein, I have served on numerous boards in the community and look forward to serving as the 2023-2024 Sunrise Rotary Club president.

Continuing Legal Education

2013

• Through the Eyes of a Child’ Regional Conference
• NBI Applying the Rules of Evidence: What Every Attorney Needs to Know

2014

• NATA Discovery Boot Camp – Tolls to Use Preparing for Trial
• NBI SSDI Evidence Tracks
• NCLE 2014 NSBA Family Law Update
• NBI Family Immigration: The Family-Based Immigration Process

2015

• Mangrum on Expert Testimony in Nebraska: How to Use and Defend Experts at Trial
• Supreme Court Attorney Services and Technology update
• The Best of NATA CLE 2015
• 2015 BSBA Annual Meeting: Appellate Practice, Psychologists & Custody Cases, etc.
• NBI Brewery & Distillery Law: From Licensure to Trademarks

2016

• Avvo, Inc: Lawyernomics 2016 (Las Vegas, NV)
• NSBA: 2016 Annual Family Law Section Seminar (Live Webcast)
• NATA: Tools for the Trade: The Essentials of Litigation (LaVista, NE)

2017

• NSBA Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section’s 2017 Annual Estate Planning & Probate Institute: Focus on Probate and Trust Administration
• NSBA Family Law’s Section’s 2017 Annual Family Law Seminar

2018

• NBI – Estate Planning for Farmers and Ranchers
• NBI National Business Institute, “Email Evidence in Divorce Litigation”
• NBI National Business Institute, “The Probate Process from Start to Finish”
• NITA Rocky Mountain Deposition Skills

2019

• 2019 Family Law Seminar
• UNL College of Law 2019 John M. Gradwohl Estate & Business Planning Programming
• Administrative Office of the Courts/Probation – 2019 Summer CLE Session by Attorney Services Division
• National Business Institute – Forming an LLC to Purchase Real Estate

2020

• National Business Institute – Tax Basis Reporting Requirements in Estate Administration
• National Business Institute – IRA Planning Under the SECURES Act: What to do Now
• NSBA The Psychology of Settlement: Behaviors that Encourage Opportunities for Resolution
• NSBA Working Remotely: Ethical & Practical Guidance During and After COVID-19

2021

• NBI Condominium & Homeowners Association Documents and Formation
• Annual 2021 Family Law Seminar
• Complex Financial Issues in Divorce
• Strategies for Witness Examination, Yours and Theirs

2022

• NBI Preventing & Litigating Small Business Disputes Webinar
• NBI LLCs in Estate Planning On Demand Webinar (3 credits)
• NBI Family Law Practice Update 2023

Practice Areas

• Family Law
• Divorce
• Paternity
• Adoption
• Estate Planning
• Real Estate
• Business Law
• Trademark
• Civil Litigation