Frederick C. Johs
Founding Member
One of the founding partners of Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP, Fred has been representing clients in transactions and matters of significant exposure for over forty years. He tries cases involving claims of medical malpractice, professional negligence, sexual molestation, product defect, property damage, major auto/truck accidents, premises liability, construction defect, labor law, environmental/toxic tort, defamation, and more.
Fred takes a down to earth, common-sense approach to resolving the most complicated litigation in a cost-effective manner, and he brings this same approach to Mediation Solutions.
Fred was Vice-Chairman on the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, past chair of the Judicial Screening Committee of the Suffolk County Bar, serves on the Board of Governors of Touro Law School, the Board of Boys Hope Girls Hope, and was a past president of Advancement for Commerce Industry & Technology, Inc.. He has been active in his local community; served as Village Attorney for the Village of Port Jefferson and was on the Board of Mather Memorial Hospital for over 12 years.
Fred has been honored as one of the ten best trial lawyers on Long Island and was named to “Best Lawyers” for thirteen consecutive years and to “Super Lawyers” for the fifteenth consecutive year. He is rated “AV” by Martindale Hubbell.
Fred is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Defense Research Institute, American Bar Association, Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, and the Suffolk County Bar Association. He has lectured on medical malpractice litigation and trial techniques for both the Suffolk County and New York State Bar Associations and to various clients and insurance carriers on trial tactics, damages issues, accident investigations, and jury selection.
In London, Fred has participated in a mock arbitration of a New York State Labor Law case at Xchanging, a mock trial of a tractor-trailer accident and a symposium on litigation at the Lloyd’s Library, all presented to large groups of claims professionals, underwriters and brokers.
Fred is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. He attended St. John’s University School of Law and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at Exeter, England. He earned his B.B.A. in Accounting from Hofstra University.