Bruce A. Johnson, Jr.

The Law Offices of Bruce A. Johnson, Jr., LLC is engaged in litigation in the state and federal courts of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.  The Law Offices of Bruce A. Johnson, Jr., LLC provides legal services in the areas of criminal, business and real estate to individuals and corporate clients.  The firm has earned a reputation for providing aggressive and effective trial related services at a reasonable price.

Mr. Johnson has extensive criminal and business law experience.  He attended Shippensburg University, receiving a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice in 1989.  He also attended the University of Maryland School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1992.  Mr. Johnson earned an MBA from John Hopkins University in May 2000.  After law school, Mr. Johnson clerked from the Honorable J. James McKenna in Montgomery County Circuit Court.  After clerking, he received a position with Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office as an Assistant State's Attorney.  As a prosecutor, Mr. Johnson, personally went to trial on over three hundred criminal and traffic offenses.  Afterwards, Mr. Johnson joined a prestigious D.C. law firm as an associate attorney where Mr. Johnson practiced business litigation and criminal defense in the state and federal courts of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.  During the period 1995-2000, Mr. Johnson also served in the Army JAG Corps Reserves.  In the spring of 2000, Bruce A. Johnson, Jr., LLC was established to provide the highest quality trial and litigation services.  To date, Mr. Johnson has personally handled nearly one hundred (100) jury trials and well over five hundred (500) bench trials.  The Law Offices of Bruce A. Johnson, Jr., LLC has a staff of three (3) legal assistants and one associate attorney.

Matthew Lamp

Matthew Lamp joined the Law Offices of Bruce A. Johnson, Jr. in May of 2011 after working as a Law Clerk at Bensinger & Associates, a law firm located in Louisville, KY. As a Law Clerk, Mr. Lamp excelled at drafting motions and pleadings.  

In addition to his working as a Law Clerk, Mr. Lamp volunteered with the Allegany County State’s Attorney’s Office located in Cumberland, Maryland in 2010-2011 and the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office located in Louisville, Kentucky in 2009. In these positions he conducted a broad range of research, tried several DUI cases, traffic cases and minor drug cases within the District Court systems. Mr. Lamp’s most notable case is the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David Jason Stinson where he volunteered with the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, and assisted in the prosecution of David Jason Stinson, a high-school football coach who was accused of reckless homicide in the death of one of his teams players.  

Matthew Lamp received his J.D. in 2009 from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School located in Lansing, MI and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2006 from Frostburg State University where he earned two Bachelors Degrees in Law and Society and Political Science. 

Prior to entering Law School, Mr. Lamp worked as a Student Aide and Researcher in the Department of Political Science at Frostburg State University where he assisted Professor Scott Johnson.  Mr. Lamb’s most notable work during this period of time is his research and presentation of The Press Conference of President John F. Kennedy: A Personality Analysis. 

Mr. Lamp is admitted to practice in Maryland and Kentucky.  

Shea L. Hoxie

Shea Hoxie Joined the Law Offices of Bruce Johnson, LLC in May of 2011.  Mr. Hoxie earned his Juris Doctorate in 2010 from the University of Baltimore, School of Law located in Maryland.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Politics as well as Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2006.    

While a law student Mr. Hoxie was a Fellow at the Stephen L. Snyder Center for Litigation Skills, on the AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition team and the ABA Negotiation Competition team.  He also was President of the Criminal Law Association and a member of the Student Bar Association. 

During law school Mr. Hoxie interned with the Office of Baltimore City State’s Attorney, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Montgomery County Circuit Court and Warnken, LLC. 

Shea Hoxie is admitted to practice in the State Maryland, and member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.  He concentrates his practice in Criminal and Traffic Defense, Criminal Appeals and General Civil Litigation. 

Mr. Hoxie is fluent in American Sign Language and has over a decade of experience as a Sign Language Interpreter.

We invite you to contact us for any further information you might require, and to schedule a meeting to discuss your legal needs and questions on an individualized basis.

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