Thomas E. Johnson

Thomas E. Johnson is Senior Partner at Johnson Tabor & Johnson Law, LLC in Omaha, Nebraska. Johnson focuses on personal injury, medical malpractice, birth injury, premises liability, insurance law, health care law, and complex litigation. After more than 40 years serving as lead defense counsel for major insurance carriers, he now uses that experience for injured clients. His background gives him direct insight into how insurers evaluate, negotiate, and litigate claims.

Johnson earned a B.A. in Political Science from Knox College in 1971 and a J.D., cum laude, from Creighton University School of Law in 1974. His legal education and decades of courtroom work support a practice involving complex evidence, medical issues, insurance strategy, and trial preparation. He is admitted before Nebraska courts, several federal appellate courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Johnson’s practice includes birth injuries, complex litigation, health care law, insurance law, medical malpractice, personal injury, and premises liability. His long career on the defense side of insurance litigation gave him detailed experience with claim evaluation and trial strategy before he shifted that knowledge to plaintiff representation. He has also handled high-level courtroom work and is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Johnson has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating and has been interviewed or quoted by national media on insurance and litigation topics. His practice combines extensive trial experience with an unusually deep understanding of insurer decision-making. Thomas E. Johnson brings that background to injured clients pursuing compensation in medical malpractice, premises, insurance, and other complex personal injury matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Senior Partner, Johnson Tabor & Johnson Law, LLC
• Member, Nebraska State Bar Association
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Licensed State

• Nebraska

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