FAQ

You can afford to hire Johnston Law Firm. Why? Because you only pay when we win your case. Even when we win, our clients often walk away with more money in their pocket than any offers they were given by the insurance before hiring us.

If you or a loved one were injured, you may have a case. Give us a call and we’ll schedule a free consultation to review what happened and what we could do to help.

Our clients’ situations are unique, but all are devastating and overwhelming. When we take on your case, you become part of our family. We will protect and fight for you like family. We will bear the burden of communicating with the insurance, the courts, and obtaining the documents needed to build your case so you can focus on healing. We’ll keep you informed every step of the way, and we will always respect your wishes before proceeding to the next step your case.

Johnston Law Firm wants to make a difference in the lives of Oregonians that have been harmed in collisions with large trucks and commercial vehicles. And, simply put, this is our zone of genius. Our first goal is to restore our client’s well-being to the extent that is possible. We don’t just settle and move on to the next case. We prepare and are prepared to go to trial.  And when we do negotiate a settlement, it is stronger for that willingness to go the distance.

Johnston Law Firm focuses exclusively on catastrophic injury, wrongful death. Also, trucking and commercial vehicle cases are our expertise. This narrow focus means every system in the firm is built around preparing and trying high-stakes cases in Oregon. Because we handle fewer but more significant cases, we invest more time, resources and trial preparation. This results in outcomes that no other firm in Oregon has achieved in the last three years.

Most firms prepare a case for settlement. We prepare every case for trial from day one. This includes early liability narrative development, potential jury sentiment analysis, visual aid production, and focus group testing, all well before mediation. This leads to consistently higher settlements and verdicts across Oregon.

We use deposition and trial techniques honed by years of trial experience and working alongside the top trucking and commercial vehicle personal injury litigators in the nation.  For us, case development isn’t a march towards settlement. It’s a march toward restoration, and our tactics include in-depth deposition preparation, sentiment analysis, creating the most effective narrative about liability and damages, and trial readiness rehearsals in our full-scale in-office courtroom.

Our in-office courtroom is a full replica of a Multnomah County courtroom with identical size, layout, carpet, lights, and ceiling tiles. It is used weekly for witness preparation, video depositions, focus groups, mock trials and trial run rehearsals. This gives our clients a major advantage because our team practices in an environment identical to the courtroom.

We focus on cases involving life changing harm including trucking and commercial vehicle collisions, medical negligence that causes permanent injury, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, spinal injury and catastrophic orthopedic injuries. These cases demand meticulous investigation, expert coordination and advanced trial preparation.

Our cases have led to improved hospital and surgical center practices, better staff hiring and training protocols and changes in how public agencies train drivers on distraction, aggression and collision avoidance. These outcomes help prevent future injury and death in Oregon communities.

Yes. Attorneys throughout Oregon and across the country refer their high severity cases to Johnston Law Firm because of our results, trial record and catastrophic injury expertise. Marc Johnston is part of elite national trial groups where he trains, mentors and collaborates with many of the best lawyers in the country.

Yes. We try cases in venues across the state including Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Lane, Jackson, Marion and Deschutes. Knowing jury and judge tendencies in each venue helps us shape themes, visuals and strategies that fit each community.

In 2024, no other Oregon personal injury attorney had both a verdict and a settlement exceeding twenty million dollars. Our verdict in Erric Gilbert v. The Portland Clinic was listed as the seventh most impressive plaintiff verdict in the United States for that year. Since 2022, Johnston Law Firm has secured multiple eight figure trucking settlements and verdicts.

Our Like Mama philosophy guides everything we do with deep care, communication and support for our clients. This culture has led to more than one hundred thirty-five five-star Google reviews, a perfect AVVO rating, and a five-star Yelp profile.