KIRK C. JOHNSON is a shareholder with the firm who began his legal career in Nevada in 1991. Mr. Johnson maintains a diverse law practice, but focuses primarily on commercial, corporate and real estate law. He represents businesses and business people in virtually all aspects of commercial and corporate law, from forming business entities, to preparing contracts and agreements, to structuring business sales and dissolutions. He prides himself on finding innovative answers for his business clients’ problems.

Included within the broad range of Mr. Johnson’s real estate practice is the representation of numerous commercial entities, including the owners of large regional and smaller local commercial centers. He has assisted these clients in successfully dealing with every aspect of their landlord/tenant relationship, from negotiating and preparing leases to recovering lost rent and damages. Mr. Johnson has lectured and authored papers on commercial summary evictions and unlawful detainers in Nevada. His extensive experience in representing the owners of commercial centers has made Mr. Johnson one of Reno’s top commercial landlord attorneys.

MR. JOHNSON also has substantial experience in all facets of civil litigation, and recently secured a $1.3 million dollar award of attorneys’ fees in a complex civil case. Mr. Johnson has enjoyed particular success in the appellate arena, authoring several successful appeals and writs in high profile and complex cases to the Nevada Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (For examples, see Squaw Valley Dev. Co. v. Goldberg, 375 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2004), rehearing denied 395 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2005); Wardleigh v. Second Judicial District Court, 891 P.2d 1180 (Nev. 1995); Sierra Nevada Stagelines, Inc. v. Rossi, 892 P.2d 592 (Nev. 1995); McKeeman v. General American Life Ins. Co., 899 P.2d 1124 (Nev. 1995); and Semenza v. Caughlin Crafted Homes, 901 P.2d 684 (Nev. 1995).)

With a strong belief in community service, Mr. Johnson has served on the Executive Council of the Nevada State Bar's Young Lawyers Section, which provides financial support to local charities. He has also served as a Director for the Reno Active 20/30 Club, a non-profit organization focused on assisting underprivileged children, and has been an active member of his church in various capacities.

Admitted to practice law in three Western states, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado, Mr. Johnson holds a Juris Doctorate Degree from the Arizona State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Business Administration, with distinction, from Iowa State University.