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Eric L. Johnson Partner
Eric Johnson is a partner practicing in the Financial Services Group. His practice involves representation of trustees, creditors, debtors, committees, and other interested parties in bankruptcy, receivership, workout, collection, and other related insolvency matters. Eric also represents the various litigants in insolvency related litigation, including bankruptcy avoidance actions. Eric is board-certified in business bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification.*
Eric has a strong commitment to the bar and legal education. In addition to being a frequent speaker on insolvency related topics, Eric is currently serving or has served in the following capacities:
American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Membership Director (2014-present)
Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association, President (2011-2013), Board Member (2011-present)
Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute, Advisory Board Member (2010-present), Co-Chair (2014-present)
Missouri Bar Commercial Law Committee, Co-Vice Chair (2013-present)
Missouri Bar Commercial Law Committee, Receivership Subcommittee Member (2013-present)
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas, Bench Bar Committee Member (2004-2005) and (2012-2014)
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri, Advisory Board Committee Member (2014-present)
Since 2010, Eric has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and Bankruptcy Litigation and in the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” as well as being listed as a Missouri and Kansas Rising Star for 2009, 2011-2013 by Super Lawyers.
Eric received his bachelor's degree in political science, with highest honors, from the University of Northern Iowa. Eric earned his law degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law. While in law school, Eric was an Articles Editor for The Journal of Corporation Law and authored “Waste Not, Want Not: An Analysis of Stock Option Plans, Executive Compensation, and the Proper Standard of Waste” that was published in The Journal of Corporation Law’s Fall 2000 edition.
Eric is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas, the federal district courts in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and the Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri, as well as the Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals.
*The American Board of Certification’s Business Bankruptcy certification program is accredited by the American Bar Association. Neither the Supreme Court of Missouri nor the Missouri Bar reviews or approves certifying organizations or special designations. Colorado does not certify attorneys or specialists in any field.
AREAS OF EMPHASIS
Bankruptcy Litigation
Secured and Unsecured Creditor Representation in Bankruptcy and Receiverships
Bankruptcy Trustee Representation
Out of Court Workouts
Collections and Foreclosures
Bankruptcy and Reorganization for Businesses and Individuals (non-consumer)
