Joseph Johnsen

Nashville, TN15 years experience

About Joseph Johnsen

Joseph 'Joey' Johnsen is a personal injury attorney at Minner Vines Injury Lawyers, PLLC in Nashville, Tennessee, where he represents personal injury clients. He has more than 15 years of experience, having started in defense litigation before transitioning to plaintiff representation in 2022.

Johnsen earned his J.D. with honors from Drake University Law School in 2006 and his B.A. cum laude from Furman University in 2002. While in law school, he was selected to participate in a constitutional law course taught by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and published an article in the Drake University Law Review.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Minner Vines Injury Lawyers, PLLC

These results are credited to Minner Vines Injury Lawyers, PLLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$14.1 millionSettlementTop 20 in Kentucky · #4

The University of the Cumberlands paid $14.1 million to the family of Grant Brace, a 20-year-old wrestler who died of exertional heatstroke in August 2020 after coaches refused him water during a grueling punishment practice and failed to summon medical help.

Williamsburg, KY (University of the Cumberlands) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3.7 millionVerdict

A Jefferson County jury awarded $3.7 million to Tiffany Horton after a drunk driver crossed the median on Highway 280 and killed her unborn daughter Adley in a head-on crash, in what attorneys described as possibly the first Alabama jury verdict treating an unborn child as a wrongful-death victim.

Jefferson County, Alabama · 2022Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$3 millionSettlementTop 20 in Kentucky · #13

The Rowan County Board of Education agreed to a $3 million settlement in February 2026 after a coach repeatedly abused a student while administrators ignored at least eight separate reports of the conduct, in what attorneys described as the largest single-victim school sexual abuse settlement in Kentucky history.

Rowan Circuit Court, Kentucky · 2026Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Drake University Law School
B.A. cum laude; J.D. with honors, 2006
Furman University
Undergraduate, 2002

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee

Awards & recognition

J.D. with honors (Drake University, 2006)
B.A. cum laude (Furman, 2002)
Selected for constitutional law course taught by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.