Ann Groninger and Valerie Johnson have represented people in North Carolina for a combined five decades. Valerie and Ann started the firm with the goal to focus on the needs of individuals who have been injured on the road or in the workplace or other settings. With offices in Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina, our practice serves clients statewide.
With extensive experience in our focused areas of practice, the firm has obtained notable results on behalf of clients in personal injury, wrongful death, and workers’ compensation. We represent individuals in courts around the state, in complex litigation before all North Carolina courts and in the North Carolina Industrial Commission.
Our attorneys are well positioned to serve the interests of clients. Valerie Johnson is a past president of the NC Advocates for Justice, is the vice chair of Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company, and teaches Trial Advocacy at the University of North Carolina. Ann Groninger was inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates and regularly presents at professional education seminars. Drew Culler, Jennifer Segnere, and Valerie Johnson are board-certified specialists in workers’ compensation. Jennifer is bilingual in Spanish and English and is a past chair of the Hispanic /Latino Legal Issues Division of the NC Advocates for Justice. Drew currently serves as a Vice President for NCAJ for DEI. All of our attorneys are active in bar and public interest organizations. From this solid foundation, our trial lawyers have achieved notable verdicts and decisions recovering millions of dollars in compensation for victims of serious injury.
The accomplished lawyers of Johnson & Groninger regularly contribute to the legal community and to professional organizations.
We have held leadership positions in the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, the North Carolina Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, Legal Aid of North Carolina and the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee.
We are active in teaching and writing in our areas of practice. Members of the firm have taught or lectured at the law schools at UNC and Wake Forest, and lecture on a regular basis for groups such as the American Association for Justice, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group, and the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers. We contribute to publications of these and other organizations, and to legal treatises.
Valerie Johnson is the editor of two treatises on NC workers’ compensation: The Essentials of North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law, published by LexisNexis with 2009 and 2010 editions; and North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law: A Practical Guide for Success at Every Stage of a Claim, now in its fourth edition.
At Johnson & Groninger, PLLC, you won’t get passed off to a case manager or lost in a large firm. You’ll work directly with attorneys who are respected statewide — in the courtroom, in legal education, and in the communities they serve.
