Twenty years of legal practice including JAG service in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Kentucky Bar # 101547.
Our document-services storefront, registered as an assumed name (DBA) of Johnson Legal PLLC under KRS 365.015. Wills, durable powers of attorney, healthcare powers of attorney, advance directives, transfer-on-death deeds, revocable living trusts, HIPAA authorizations. Every catalog item has a published flat fee and a defined scope. Same Kentucky lawyer reviews every document substantively before delivery.
For matters that need more than a catalog document: LLC formation and operating agreements, commercial lease drafting and review, uncontested probate, demand letters, buy-sell agreements, complex trusts. Published flat fees on the most common engagements; custom scope on the rest, quoted in writing before work begins.
Kentucky Bar # 101547 (active, member in good standing). Arizona Bar. Supreme Court of the United States. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Active legal practice as a uniformed attorney for the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps — twenty years and two months. Combat-deployment veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Bronze Star and Legion of Merit. Lieutenant Colonel (retired). Naval War College Stockton Center Associate Director and Managing Editor of International Law Studies. Peer-reviewed publications on the international law of military operations.
Principal office at 19 Fairway Drive, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. By appointment.
Will $99 · LLC formation $299 · Demand letter $199 · Uncontested probate $1,500 · Complex trust $1,099 all-in.
Flat fees are quoted in writing in the engagement letter before work begins. Earned on receipt under SCR 3.130(1.5)(f).
Johnson Legal uses AI tools to assist with drafting, research, document review, and summarization across our practice. Professional judgment, advocacy, settlement strategy, and ethical decisions stay lawyer-exclusive. Every AI output is substantively reviewed by Elton Johnson before it leaves the firm. You can decline AI use on your matter at any time; the engagement letter explains how.
Our AI-use practice is governed by Kentucky Bar Association Ethics Opinion E-457 (March 15, 2024) and the Rules of Professional Conduct that opinion cites — SCR 3.130 (1.1) (1.4) (1.5)(a) and (b) (1.6) (5.1)(b) and (8.4).
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