Our Attorneys : Johnna J. Hansen

JOHNNA J. HANSEN
Partner

Download vCard Tel: (818) 205-9955
Fax: (818) 205-9944
Email: jhansen@tharpe-howell.com
JOHNNA J. HANSEN is a Partner in the Firm and resident in the Firm's Sherman Oaks office. Her practice focuses on all phases of complex/catastrophic civil litigation with a speciality in medically complicated cases, including medical malpractice, defense litigation, arbitrations and trials.

Ms. Hansen's Medical Malpractice Defense/Civil Litigation experience includes:

  • More than 25 cases tried to a jury verdict


  • Over 100 arbitrations


  • 20 plus bench trials


  • 9/13/96 - "Outstanding Litigator Profile" by Los Angeles Daily Journal


  • 1998-2003 - Invited Lecturer for the Continuing Education of the Bar to discuss the following topics:


  • Discovery
    Deposition
    Civil Procedure Before Trial
    Trial Preparation
    Trial

  • 1998 - Invited Program Presenter for California College of Judges. Topic: Settlement Conference Management



AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
  • Medical and Dental Malpractice Defense Civil Litigation
  • Complex Civil Litigation


EDUCATION
J.D., University of Southern California Law School, 1983 (Hale Moot Court Honors Program Finalist 1981; Hale Moot Court Director's Board 1982-83; 4 American Jurisprudence Awards (Law, Language and Ethics, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure and Remedies))
B.A., Stanford University, 1980 (With Honors, English Literature)

BAR ADMISSIONS
State Bar of California

COURT ADMISSIONS
All California State Courts

MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association