Johnson & Webbert, LLP

Johnson, Webbert & Beard, LLP is a Maine workers’ rights and civil rights law firm serving clients statewide and across the country from offices in Portland and Topsham. For more than 30 years, the firm has represented employees, individuals, professionals, labor unions, and groups of plaintiffs in complex disputes. Its attorneys handle employment violations, government misconduct, professional licensing matters, class actions, serious personal injuries, and other cases involving significant legal and personal consequences.

Johnson, Webbert & Beard, LLP approaches each matter with careful legal research, creative problem solving, thorough preparation, and close collaboration among attorneys with diverse backgrounds. The firm evaluates the facts, available evidence, potential remedies, and the effects a dispute may have on a client’s career, finances, family, and reputation. Its lawyers communicate directly with clients, explain their legal options, and develop strategies suited to negotiation, administrative proceedings, litigation, trial, or appeal.

Johnson, Webbert & Beard, LLP represents clients in discrimination, workplace harassment, wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation, wage theft, unpaid overtime, family and medical leave violations, and employment contract matters. Its civil rights work includes police misconduct, false arrest, prisoners’ rights, free speech violations, and abuse of government authority. The firm also handles professional licensing and malpractice claims, labor union disputes, aviation matters, automobile accidents, wrongful death cases, and class or collective actions, which may be offered on a contingency-fee basis.

Johnson, Webbert & Beard, LLP brings more than 100 years of shared legal experience to its work for clients. Its attorneys have secured precedent-setting court rulings, jury verdicts, settlements, and class-action results. Members of the firm have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and New England Super Lawyers, while David Webbert has received awards from the Maine Civil Liberties Union and Disability Rights Center of Maine. The firm combines experienced advocacy with a continuing commitment to workers’ rights, civil liberties, and accountability.