Jonathan Hartman

Senior Trial Attorney at Ven Johnson Law, PLC
Detroit, MI27 years experienceAdmitted 1997

About Jonathan Hartman

Jonathan Hartman is a Senior Trial Attorney at Ven Johnson Law, with over 25 years of practice in Michigan. He focuses on personal injury, motor vehicle negligence, PIP, medical malpractice, premises liability, and wrongful death cases.

Hartman earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver College of Law in 1997 and his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1992, where he earned two varsity letters on the men's golf team. He is admitted to the State Bars of Michigan and Colorado.

Hartman joined Ven Johnson Law in 2022 and has tried more than 25 cases to jury.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Ven Johnson Law, PLC

These results are credited to Ven Johnson Law, PLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Wayne County jury awarded $22.6 million to port truck driver Burt Holt, who suffered a traumatic brain injury and permanent disability when a negligent driver struck him while he inspected his trailer at a Detroit shipping terminal in 2011.

Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit, MI · 2015Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$21 millionVerdict

A federal jury in Atlanta awarded $100 million to Jerry Blasingame, left quadriplegic at 65 after an Atlanta police officer tased him without warning during a foot pursuit, though the award was ultimately reduced to $21 million following post-trial rulings and a 2026 Eleventh Circuit decision.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta) · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$20.6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Michigan · #16

A Wayne County jury awarded $20,595,570 to Terry Novak after a van driver for FSS Technologies lost control, crossed the center line, and struck Novak while he was clearing snow from his own driveway in Romulus.

Wayne County, Michigan (Circuit Court, affirmed by Michigan Court of Appeals May 2026) · 2024Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$10 millionSettlementTop 20 in Michigan · #20

Michigan State University agreed to pay $5 million each to the families of Arielle Anderson and Brian Fraser, two of the three students shot and killed on campus on February 13, 2023, with Ven Johnson negotiating both settlements before any lawsuit was filed.

Michigan (pre-lawsuit settlement) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Michigan State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan, admitted 1997
State Bar of Colorado

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$130.57 million · $130.5 Million Verdict for Infant Brain Damage After Beaumont Hospital Delayed Code Blue
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Michigan Auto Law
$3.5 million · Jackson County Jury Awards $3.5 Million to Brain-Injured Driver in Fairley v. Schiber Truck Case

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