Claire Johnson's primary practice is environmental law. She represents clients navigating environmental regulatory compliance issues and litigation, as well as assists on corporate and real estate deals with environmental due diligence. Claire has experience in several different environmental arenas, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, FIFRA, NEPA, RCRA, CERCLA/Superfund and state counterparts. She has worked with EPA and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to help her clients achieve desirable results in enforcement actions brought under these statutes.
Claire also assists multi-family housing clients in mold litigation prevention and indoor environmental quality issues, such as lead and asbestos, and advises other clients on these types of issues. In addition, she has a budding practice in EHS consultation, OSHA compliance, and ISO certification.
Aside from her environmental law practice, Claire provides guidance on real estate matters and related research questions.
Claire graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she was development editor of the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, was on the staff of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, and served as president of the Energy and Environmental Law Society. She received her B.S. in Environmental and Natural Resources with a concentration in resource economics and policy and a minor in Business Administration from Clemson University.
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions - United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2018, Development Editor, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law; Phi Delta Phi; President, Energy and Environmental Law Society; Public Interest Stipend Director, Legal Aid Society; Vice President, Women’s Law Student Association
- Clemson University, B.S., 2015, cum laude; Calhoun Honors College, Departmental Honors; Sigma Kappa Sorority
