2 Houston Center
909 Fannin St., Ste 2630
Houston, Texas 77010
Shawn A. Johnson has excelled in a variety of complex legal disputes and proved himself to be a skilled trial and appellate attorney since joining Burford Perry in 2017, following his clerkship with Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul W. Green. Shawn also graduated first in his class with summa cum laude honors from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2016.
Since joining Burford Perry, Shawn has handled complex oil and gas litigation, fiduciary litigation, partnership disputes, commercial disputes, commercial real estate disputes, and trade-secret litigation, among many other legal disputes, from the infancy of litigation to appeals. Shawn has successfully defended appellate challenges to trial court judgements, obtained favorable temporary relief in complex trade-secret and breach-of-contract litigation, and obtained early dismissal of unmeritorious lawsuits and favorable settlements for clients in a wide array of legal disputes.
Shawn routinely draws from his prior professional experience in public accounting to achieve successful outcomes for clients. He received an M.S. in Management Information Systems and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University, becoming licensed as a Certified Public Accountant shortly thereafter. Weeks after graduating, Shawn spearheaded the deployment of a grant management application to manage a $500 million grant program and directed the implementation of electronic vendor payment capabilities for the Galveston County Auditor’s Office. Then, as a cyber security professional for Deloitte & Touche, Shawn managed teams in the design, configuration, and deployment of security and controls solutions in global, enterprise-transforming system implementations. Shawn utilizes his academic and professional background in accounting, technology, and law to provide results for his clients.
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After working as a public accountant for two Big Eight accounting firms, Robert Burford graduated from the University of Houston Law School in 1986 with honors. He was a member of the Houston Law Review, Order of the Coif, and …
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Brent Perry has distinguished himself as a skilled commercial litigator over his 30-year career in a wide range of business litigation and appellate maters. In this time, he has used his wealth of experience to help clients resolve complex issues …
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Matt Parks is a dedicated trial attorney who focuses on business and commercial litigation across a variety of industries, including oil and gas, energy, and healthcare. He has represented individuals and businesses of all sizes in complex disputes, ranging from …
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Zachary Carlson joined Burford Perry in mid-2019 after clerking for two justices on Texas’ First Court of Appeals in Houston. Zachary graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School in May 2017. While in law school, Zachary served …
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Jay Jackson joined Burford Perry, LLP in March 2019. He brings over three decades of wide-ranging trial experience and has the knowledge to help clients with virtually any type of personal injury or commercial litigation case. Clients have come to …
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Shawn A. Johnson has excelled in a variety of complex legal disputes and proved himself to be a skilled trial and appellate attorney since joining Burford Perry in 2017, following his clerkship with Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul W. Green. …
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