Alyssa A. Johnson

Alyssa Johnson represents a wide-range of professionals in liability matters. Armed with extensive trial and appellate experience, she is a fierce advocate for each of her clients. Alyssa defends lawyers and law firms in legal malpractice cases, financial advisors in disciplinary proceedings, and real estate brokers in claims of misrepresentations. She also assists in defending doctors and nurses in claims of deliberate indifference by inmates. Furthermore, Alyssa defends creditors in FDCPA claims and those brought under the Wisconsin Consumer Act, as well as mortgagees and mortgage servicers.

Alyssa has over five years of experience representing clients in a variety of matters. She is an active participant in the State Bar of Wisconsin's Ready.Set.Practice. New Lawyer Mentoring Program. The program matches new lawyers that have been practicing five years or less with a lawyer that has six years or more of experience within the legal profession to provide mentor and mentee relationships.

Prior to joining Hinshaw, Alyssa was an associate with a firm in Hartford, Wisconsin. She also practiced with a firm in Brookfield, Wisconsin, where she was a law clerk during law school. During her undergraduate studies, she was a legal intern with The Washington Center, in D.C.

• Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association, Member, 2017–Present
• Association of Women Lawyers, Member, 2017–Present
• Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member, 2017–Present
• National Association of Women Lawyers, Member, 2017–Present 
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Member, 2012–Present
  • Litigation Section, Member, 2012–Present

• Named a "Rising Star" by Wisconsin Super Lawyers Magazine, 2017

• Represented a mortgage company in trial and subsequent appeal. The court of appeals extended the business record's exception to the rule against hearsay—allowing admission of a third-party's records into evidence where the records are integrated into the offering party's records and relied on by the offering party—where the elements of the business records exception are otherwise met.

• Co-Presenter, "Legal Ethics: New Rules for Client Due Diligence," National Business Institute, April 18, 2018
• Co-Presenter, "Legal Ethics: Solutions to the Most Common Challenges," National Business Institute, February 27, 2018
• Co-Presenter, "Legal Ethics: Top 10 Client Mistakes," National Business Institute, January 31, 2018

• Co-Presenter, "Legal Ethics: Attorney Fees and Client Funds," National Business Institute, December 20, 2017

• "Foreclosure Compliance: New Requirements and Advanced Issues," National Business Institute, Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15-16, 2014

• "Inexcusable Incompetence: The Duty to 'Keep Abreast' of Technology", DRI's, For the Defense, Volume 53, Issue 3, 2017

In her spare time, Alyssa enjoys running, biking, and yoga, as well as spending time with family and friends. She also dedicates time to raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

• State Bar of Wisconsin, Ready.Set.Practice Mentee, 2016–Present