Tressa Valentine Johnson Esq.

Tressa V. Johnson, a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law, is known for winning large verdicts and fighting vigorously for her clients for over 14 years. She has dedicated her nearly decade long career to personal injury and employment law. Ms. Johnson is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which admits only those lawyers who have won million- dollar judgments for their clients. In June 2016, Ms. Johnson joined Kristy L. Bennett, Esq. to open their own practice, Johnson & Bennett, PLLC, in Memphis. The firm primarily represents employees who have been discriminated against in the workplace. Johnson & Bennett reached a $500,000.00 settlement in a disability case against the Memphis VA in the Spring of 2020. Tressa is a licensed member of the Tennessee and the Mississippi Bars. In 2016, Ms. Johnson was named a Super Lawyer's Rising Star. She has been named as a Mid-South Super Lawyer ever since then. In 2019, Ms. Johnson won Best of Bar in Small Firm through the Memphis Business Journal. She fights every single day for her clients and it is their strength in the face of great adversity that motivates her. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Tressa Valentine Johnson Esq. included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best of Bar Small Firm - Memphis Business Journal, 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2016 - 2021 Women to Watch, 2016 - 2017 Best in Black Attorney, 2019 Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice, 2017 Other Sources of Feedback About Tressa Valentine Johnson Esq. Included on the 2025Mid-South Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers list

• Founding Partner

• John Michael Bailey Injury Lawyers, Partner
• Law Offices of Gary Green, Managing Attorney

• CROWN ACT, Memphis Bar Association, February 24, 2021 - Present
• COVID 19 Employment Questions- CARES ACT- Facebook Live, National Bar Association, April 21, 2020 - Present
• Fireside Chat #Free the Hair How Black Hair is Transforming Civil Rights Law, Xavier University of LA Alumni Association, February 28, 2021 - Present
• How to Litigate, Tennessee Association for Justice

• Hudson v. BAH Shoney's Corporation
• Citation: 263 F. Supp3D 661, 2017
• Barnes v. Arrow Cab
• Citation: 2014 WL 7335795 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2014)
• Year: 2014
• Barnes v. Saulsberry
• Citation: 2014 WL 10417058, 2014

• Tennessee, 2007
• Mississippi, 2014
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2009
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 2016
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 2017
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 2020

• Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar Association
• Memphis Bar Association
• National Bar Association
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Alpha Delta