Johnston Law Firm LLC

11/29/2022

We’re proud to announce our selection to Super Lawyers for 2022. We are in good company among many of the best lawyers I know.

04/27/2022

Johnston Law Firm LLC is pleased to announce that attorney Jon Bailey has been selected to join the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the Western District of Missouri. This appointment will broaden his defense practice in federal court, and position him to work with attorney Justin Johnston on complex criminal matters involving voluminous discovery and lengthy investigations. Congratulations, Jon!

04/06/2022

Today, Johnston Law Firm attorneys Justin Johnston and Jon Bailey secured a dismissal of all charges filed against a client of the firm relating to this tragic accident. Justin and Jon worked closely with lawyers for the other charged defendants in achieving this result.

A circuit court judge said prosecutors had not proved that three employees committed felony offenses by taking the boat out on a lake near Branson, Mo., before powerful thunderstorms struck.

03/06/2022

https://reason.com/2022/03/04/prosecutor-extorts-300000-alleged-drug-dealer-patrick-card-threatening-entire-family-civil-forfeiture/

Patrick Card's story is a case study in how the state uses civil forfeiture to try to coerce plea bargains.

03/01/2022

Jon Bailey was sworn in today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Judge Stephen Bough was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule and do the honors. Thank you, Judge Bough, and congratulations Jon!

04/07/2021

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-local-police-facial-recognition

A BuzzFeed News investigation has found that employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments.

11/16/2020

I'm honored to be recognized by Super Lawyers again this year. Several of my good friends and colleagues were also named, and I congratulate them as well.

Justin Johnston is one of the top rated White Collar Crimes attorneys in Kansas City, MO. He has met the stringent Super Lawyers selection criteria.

12/19/2019

Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy

What we learned from the spy in your pocket.

12/18/2019

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/feds-reap-data-from-1500-phones-in-largest-reported-reverse-location-warrant/

The search warrants demanded nine hours' worth of location history from Google.

12/10/2019

Right off the bat, Chairman Graham says he's for encryption backdoors.

"No American should want a device that becomes a safe haven for criminality," Graham says.

If LE has evidence of a crime, "I want the government to be able to look and find out all relevant information."

https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/1204416840249667585?s=19

11/19/2019

This is... not ok.

Although this bill may have good intentions, Monroe County should not adopt it.