Jennifer E. Johnsen Elected Senior Director of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel

Greenville, S.C. – August 4, 2020

Jennifer E. Johnsen has been elected senior director for the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) board of directors.  The FDCC is a professional trade association of peer-reviewed, premier defense and corporate counsel and industry executives. The organization is dedicated to leading the profession by advancing the principles of civil justice, actionable knowledge, and fostering the trust and value of fellowship.

Johnsen has been an active member of the FDCC since 2008. She has chaired numerous substantive law committees, served as program chair for the 2019 winter meeting and is Convention Chair for the upcoming 2021 annual meeting. She has served on the board since 2018. Johnsen has played an active role in writing and speaking at many FDCC educational programs.  In 2014, Johnsen was the recipient of the John Alan Appleman Award which honors the substantive law section chair who has made the most outstanding contribution to the advancement of the FDCC’s educational goals.

Johnsen focuses her practice on insurance coverage litigation, ERISA and non-ERISA benefits litigation and business and commercial litigation. She has been recognized by Super Lawyers® in the area of insurance and by Best Lawyers in the areas of commercial litigation, employee benefits law and insurance law. She has more than 29 years of trial and litigation experience.