Jones, J. Rabun

Valerie A. Johnson graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1987, and from the University's law school, with honors, in 1994. Before entering law school, Valerie was a public school teacher. Valerie joined the firm after law school, litigating cases in the areas of workers' compensation, employment discrimination, personal injury, social security, and civil rights. She has been board certified in workers' compensation law since the North Carolina State Bar introduced certification in the specialty area in 2000. She has taught trial advocacy at the University of North Carolina School of Law each semester since 2003.

Valerie is a board member of the Lawyers Coordinating Committee of the AFL-CIO. She has served on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (now North Carolina Advocates for Justice) and is the secretary of its Workers' Compensation Executive Committee. Valerie has chaired the North Carolina State Bar's Workers' Compensation Legal Specialization Committee. In addition to workers' compensation, her current areas of practice also include labor and employment and social security disability.