WorkRelationships Expert Services: Employment Litigation, Psychological Injury, Independent Mental Examinations

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Joni E. Johnston, Psy.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
President and CEO, WorkRelationships, Inc.	Jan 1991 - Present
A harassment/discrimination prevention training and consulting company. Dr. Johnston has personally trained over 10,000 managers and supervisors in harassment/discrimination prevention, taught human resource professionals how to conduct offensive behavior investigations and completed numerous independent sexual harassment investigations. She is on the faculty of the Council of Education in Management and writes a monthly column for LexisNexis.

Employment Litigation Consulting and Testifying	1987-Present
Senior partner of a litigation consulting firm specializing in psychological injury and emotional distress claims secondary to employment, personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. Provides forensic evaluations, case evaluation, trial strategy, focus groups, witness preparation, assistance with cross-examination of mental health experts, and mock juries. Consulting expert and expert witness testifying about employment practices and psychological injuries/emotional distress including: Emotional distress secondary to sexual harassment PTSD secondary to automobile accidents Evaluation of employment practices Psychological injury secondary to medical malpractice The psychological impact of wrongful termination The psychological impact of workplace harassment/discrimination IMEs/forensic psychological evaluation to evaluate emotional distress, assist with causation (pre-existing conditions that may have contributed to the psychological injury claim) and damages

Number of Times Deposed: 20-25

Sample of Publications
Fromer senior editor, the Court Call (journal of the American Society of Trial Consultants) Monthly column, Shrink Rap: The Psychology of Lawyering, LexisOne CLE content provider, Digilearn "Arguing the Invisible: How Juries View Psychological Damages, Orange County Lawyer, February 2003. "Ten Ways to Torpedo Your Mental Health Expert," LexisNexis, October 2003. "How Psychological Damages Become Punitive Damages in Employment Litigation, Orange County Lawyer, August 2002. "Preparing Your Psychologically Injured Client to Testify," LexisNexis, August, 2003. "The Psychological Road from Employee to Plaintiff: Psychological Reasons for Wrongful Termination Complaints," Orange County Lawyer, August 2002. "Psychological Injury at Work: Understanding Work-Related Emotional Distress, LexisNexis, December 2003.

Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor -- The University of Texas at Dallas Associate Professor-- Hawthorne College

CLE Conference Presenter
American Psychological Association Orange County Bar Association La Jolla Bar Association Texas Employment Law Association Advanced Texas Employment Law Association North American Congress of E.A.P. Professionals Texas Employment Law Seminar Texas Advanced Employment Law Symposium Texas Society for Human Resources South Texas College of Law TOC Management Conference

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Clinical Psychologist - private practice	Sept. 1987 - 1996
Psychotherapy practice focusing on the psychological and neuropsychological evaluation of worker's comp claims, inpatient psychiatric patients, personal injury litigants, and psychotherapy outpatients. Therapy practice focused on sexual abuse, depression, and eating disorders. As an independent consultant, also served as the Eating Disorder Coordinator for Charter Hospital of Dallas (1991), where responsibilities included administrative duties and group psychotherapy.
Staff Psychologist - Dallas Child Guidance Clinic	1985 - 1987
Primary responsibilities included individual and family psychotherapy, neuropsychological testing and psychological assessment. Expert witness in personal injury, termination of parental rights, and custody cases. Also served as a supervisor in the A.P.A. approved Clinical Psychology Internship Program.

Clinical Psychology/ Neuropsychology Intern	1984 - 1985
West Side V.A. Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Conducted extensive neuropsychological evaluations to assist in diagnosis and treatment recommendations for patients experiencing CVA, seizure disorder, Huntingdon's chorea, substance abuse, and psychiatric illness. Active in neurological dementia research, attended neurology rounds, and provided outpatient individual psychotherapy.

EXAMINATIONS AND LICENSES
Clinical Psychologist Texas License #3252 Sept. 1986 California License: 15692

EDUCATION
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology, 1985 (G.P.A. = 3.98) M.S., Clinical Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology B.A., Psychology, Auburn University, 1981 (G.P.A. = 3.78)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Psychological Association American Society of Trial Consultants National Employment Law Association National Speaker's Association Consumer Attorneys of San Diego

AWARDS AND LISTINGS
1998 San Diego Psychological Association Media Award 1999 F.I.T.'s Alumnae of the Year Elected, American Psychological Association Film Committee Who's Who in the World Who's Who Among American Women Who's Who Among Human Service Professionals Who's Who Among Emerging Leaders Who's Who Among Authors and Journalists Woman of the Year, 1996 Nominated, President's Leadership Program Psy-Chi, National Honorary in Psychology Career Woman Editorial Advisory Board

Media Experience
Dr. Johnston has extensive media experience; she served as a mental health reporter for Channel 8 (the ABC affiliate) in Dallas, Texas. For three years, she served as host and producer of "State of Mind," a mental health show sponsored by the University of California San Diego, which, in 1998, was honored by the San Diego Psychological Association's Media Award. She has been interviewed by numerous legal and business publications, including TIME, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Dr. Johnston has appeared in over 40 television shows, 100 radio shows and 200 print articles in the United States, New Zealand, and Canada.

Representative List of Legal Clients:
South Texas College of Law Texas Attorney General's Office Steve Morris and Associates Cooley Godward Powell Goldstein Murphy Frazer La Jolla Bar Association Orange County Bar Association Mazda Butler
Representative List of Corporate Clients:
Nokia Key Energy Services Radio Shack The Salk Institute The Burnham Institite Ericsson United Adverstising Publications City of Imperial Beach Esurance Solar Turbines University of Texas at Dallas Florida Bankers Association

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