Direct Dial: (215) 320-2082
E-mail Address: jjohnson@hollsteinkeating.com

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Casualty; Products Liability; Maritime Law; Insurance Coverage; Fisheries Law; Professional Liability; Subrogation

As a founding Shareholder in the law firm of Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein PC, and previously, as Partner in the law firm of Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Jim has over 25 years of commercial and casualty litigation and trial experience with emphasis in products liability and maritime law. Jim also has extensive experience in handling professional liability, property damage losses, general insurance coverage issues, subrogation, and advising clients on risk management issues.

In service as Marine Safety Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard, Jim was the engineering inspector for new vessel construction and general vessel repairs, and was a prosecuting officer in administrative proceedings. He also was in-house counsel for a major petroleum transportation company during the 1980s as outside litigation, claims management, and advising management on risk assessment issues.

His practice includes regional representation of clients with nationwide litigation concerns in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, as well as acting as trial counsel in particularly serious cases in other jurisdictions.

Born in Swickley, Pennsylvania, Jim spent his youth living in ports around the United States and abroad, as his father was in the U.S. Navy. Today, he resides in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, with his wife, Julianne, and their three daughters, Claire, Anna and Emily.

Education

• University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1976)
• United States Merchant Marine Academy (B.S., Marine Engineering, 1970)

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Membership

• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Proctor Member, the Maritime Law Association of the United States

Community Involvement

• Member of the Board of Education, Cherry Hill, New Jersey from 1998 to 2006 President of the Board from 2003 to 2005; Vice President from 2002 to 2003
• Actively involved in the Girl’s Youth Soccer Association, Cherry Hill, New Jersey