A member of the Washington State and California bars, Mr. Johnson has been involved in a number of important First Amendment cases, including Rhinehart v. Seattle Times, Noriega v. CNN, Lee v. The Columbian, Auvil v. CBS "60 Minutes," and CBS Inc. v. Davis. His recent publications include "Does Life Exist on Mars? Litigating Falsity in a Non-'Of and Concerning' World," ABA Communications Lawyer (Summer 1994); "CBS Inc. v. Davis: Oddball Lessons from a Typical Prior Restraint Case," ABA Communications Lawyer (Summer 1995); "No Emus is Good Emus: 'Worrying About Nothing' as Agricultural Disparagement Laws Proliferate," ABA Media Law and Defamation Torts Committee News (Winter 1998); "Will the Cattlemen's Defeat Spell the End of Efforts to Create Other Sacred Cows With State Veggie Libel Laws?" ABA First Amendment and Media Litigation Newsletter (Winter 1998); "The Internet and 21st Century Newsgathering: Lessons from the Last Millennium," ABA Media Law and Defamation Torts Committee News (Spring 2000); and "Shhh, Don't Tell Anyone I'm a Lotus-Eater! Washington State's Battle over Internet Privacy and the First Amendment," ABA Media Law and Defamation Torts Committee News (Fall 2000).

Mr. Johnson is chair of the firm's Quality Assurance Committee and advises on issues of legal ethics and lawyer liability. He graduated from Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972), Yale University (J.D., 1977), and Cambridge University (M.A. 1978). A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he is included among the "Best First Amendment Lawyers" according to Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America and is in Who's Who in America. Mr. Johnson is immediate past chair of the American Bar Association's Media Law and Defamation Torts Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, and president of the Seattle Repertory Theatre.

brucejohnson@dwt.com
tel. (206) 628-7683

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Seattle, Washington