LAW OFFICES OF RL JOHNSON
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Attorney-Client relationship. Moreover, while some of the information found on this site is based on laws and court rulings, it is not intended to be legal advice and must
not be relied upon as legal advice on specific facts.
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LOCATIONS
MAIN OFFICE
Livonia Michigan
39111 Six Mile Road
Livonia, Michigan 48152
Tel.: (734) 521-2501
Fax: (800) 597-0284
Our Other Locations
- Southfield Michigan
Call for an appointment: (800) 597-0284
Bloomfield Hills Michigan
Call for an appointment: (888) 443-4146
Novi Michigan
Call for an appointment: (800) 545-8930
- Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience, Rod is committed to helping families, small
businesses, and nonprofit corporations succeed by providing the best possible legal services
in a timely manner and with the greatest possible attention to the details that support client
success and satisfaction. Rod has been acknowledged for delivering win-win outcomes in
corporate litigation matters. He has a history of successfully negotiating
- settlements based upon sound and resourceful pretrial strategies, and winning dismissals in state and federal
courts and before administrative agencies. Rod’s thorough knowledge of courts, nonprofit corporations,
and closely held businesses arises from nearly 20 years of successful leadership and service, including the
Michigan Supreme Court and multimillion-dollar corporations where he earned a reputation for employing
client retention strategies that build loyalty and enhance attorney-client relationships.
Rod’s practice focuses on:
Faced with budgetary deficits and public relations challenges, Rod L. Johnson has led system and operational
overhauls, transformed corporate image, and reestablished profitability. Rod is a highly skilled Attorney,
entrepreneur, and an experienced legal professional with an executive-level vision arising from over 20 years of
combined service to individuals, courts, government agencies, and corporations. Rod combines a wealth of legal
expertise with the ability to enhance marketing efforts toward closing the sale. He is a national presenter, who
while serving as a Division Director at the Michigan Supreme Court, provided statewide management and
technical assistance and oversight to local governments, state lawmakers, trial courts, attorneys, and countless
human service organizations.
Rod was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan where he graduated from Thomas M. Cooley High School. After
high school Rod served three (3) tours of duty in the United States Marines, where he volunteered for several
special assignments and received numerous decorations and honors.
After his military service Rod returned to Detroit where he completed a bachelor’s degree in criminal
justice/psychology at Wayne State University. Prior to that, Rod majored in Asian Studies at the University of
Maryland’s Asian Division, where became proficient in several languages. Rod did his graduate studies at the
University of Toledo and earned a law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Rod is also a graduate of
the Midwest Academy, a leading national training institute that advances movements for social change by
teaching a strategic, rigorous, results-oriented approach to social action and organization building. Further, Rod
is Registered Securities Representative with FINRA (formerly NASD) as well as a licensed Financial Services
Professional and Investment Advisor.
Rod brings nearly two-dozen years of dynamic and progressively more expansive management experience, which
includes successfully leading hundreds of mission staff toward organizational objectives. Rod has spent well over
a dozen years of his professional career in the service of underserved, delinquent, abused, and neglected children
whom he continues to serve as an Attorney and a community volunteer.
In addition to successfully managing several human service programs, most recently, Rod served as a technical
consultant to the Michigan Department of Community Health and has directed the development, maintenance,
and enhancement of relationships with local, state, and federal law and policymakers on behalf of the School-
Community Health Alliance of Michigan, a statewide membership organization committed to ensuring that all of
Michigan’s children have access to affordable and comprehensive primary healthcare.
Additionally, Rod serves as a Consultant for businesses and nonprofit corporations in the areas of:
Rod lives near Livonia, Michigan with his wife and daughter where he is involved in numerous civic activities.
Affiliations:
 | Member, American Bar Association | |
| Member, State Bar of Michigan | |
| Admitted to practice, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan | |
| Admitted to practice, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan | |
| Registered Securities Representative, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) | |
| Treasurer, Board of Directors, School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan | |
| Secretary, Board of Directors, The Resolution Services Center of Central Michigan | |
| Member, Michigan Foster Care Review Board | |
| Secretary, Board of Directors, Dhammasala Forest Monastery | |
| Holder of Dan grade registered in the Kukkiwon | |
| Graduate, Midwest Academy | |
| F&AM, Wayne Lodge No. 112 | |
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