Johnson, Julie A.

Born in Kingston, New York

Admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut, and Northern District of New York Federal Court

Juris Doctor from Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, 2002. Member of the Cardozo Moot Court Honor Society from 2000-2002. Recipient of the Jacob Burns Medal for Best Brief, which is given to the best writer on the Moot Court Honor Society; Northeast Regional Winner and Winner of 2002 Best Brief Award in the Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition in Boston, MA, and semifinalist in national competition Giles Sutherland Rich competition held in Washington, D.C.

Judicial Clerkship for Hon. George B. Daniels in the Federal Southern District of New York, 2001.

Bachelor of Arts from the College of Saint Rose, Magna Cum Laude, 1999.

Study-Abroad Program in Media Law and Policy at Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1999.

2011-12 President of Ulster County Bar Association ; Member of the American Trial Lawyers Association; American Association of Justice; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Bar Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

Top 100 Trial Lawyers of New York State.

Mr. Spada has limited his practice to the field of personal injury law since becoming an attorney.

Derek is an accomplished appellate attorney in the areas of personal injury and insurance law, as can be seen from his numerous appellate victories listed below.

Finnigan v. Lasher – 12/15/11

Whalen v. City of New York – 11/1/11

Budik v. CSX – 10/20/11

Hightower v. Ghio – 3/15/11

Simmons v. Saugerties Central Schools

Kruger v. State Farm – 12/23/10

Bright v. McGowan – 2/16/10

Champ-Doran v. Lewis 1/14/10

Godfrey v. Town of Hurley – 2/24/09

Blanc v. City of Kingston – 12/24/09

Colavito v. Steyer – 8/6/09

Domino v. Professional Consulting – 12/16/08

City of Kingston v. Harco - 12/27/07

Todaro v. Geico – 12/13/07

Felton v. Kelly – 10/25/07

Cahill v. Lat – 4/12/07

DeCicco v. Longendyke – 2/8/07

Schacker v. County of Orange – 10/24/06

Saunders v. Bryants Towning – 3/23/06

Gokey v. DeCicco – 12/1/05

Castiglione v. E.A. Morse – 10/20/05

Fairchild v. J. Crew – 8/22/05

Nelson v. Sweet Associates – 4/20/05

Lynch v. Progressive Insurance – 11/22/04

Chiarini v. County of Ulster – 7/22/04

Wolf v. Holyoke Mutual Insurance – 1/8/04

McNally v. Kiki, Inc. - 2/16/12

Rosell v. City of Kingston - 2/16/12