Adina Johnson

Adina Johnson is a partner at Frankel, Rubin, Klein, Payne & Pudlowski, P.C. in Clayton. Her practice focuses on dispositive motions and appellate lawsuits and disputes in state and federal courts, along with the motion practice needed to preserve issues for trial and appeal. Adina handles motions in limine, jury instructions, post-trial motions, and related briefing, giving litigation teams focused support on legal questions that can determine how claims proceed and how appellate issues are framed.

Adina graduated magna cum laude from Saint Louis University School of Law and was inducted into the Order of the Woolsack. Her academic record reflects strong legal analysis and writing skills that align with an appellate and motion-focused practice. After law school, she served for two years as a Staff Attorney for the St. Louis City Circuit Court, where she drafted court orders addressing a wide range of legal issues and developed direct experience with judicial decision-making.

Adina’s work includes state and federal appellate practice, dispositive motions, trial motions, jury instructions, and post-trial briefing. She has presented seminars on insurance coverage, professional liability defense, and federal court practice, subjects that connect closely to her litigation work. Her prior court experience and current focus on written advocacy help her analyze complex records, identify controlling legal issues, develop persuasive arguments, and protect important questions for review after trial-level proceedings.

Adina Johnson is admitted to state and federal courts in Missouri and Illinois and belongs to the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. She received a 2019 Influential Appellate Advocate recognition and has been recognized by Best Lawyers for appellate practice and insurance law. Adina brings concentrated research, briefing, and appellate experience to matters that require careful legal analysis, precise written advocacy, and a strong understanding of how trial decisions affect later review.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Frankel, Rubin, Klein, Payne & Pudlowski, P.C.
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Member, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Licensed State

• Missouri
• Illinois

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