About LegalWATCH

LegalWATCH is an award winning risk mitigation training company that specializes in helping companies prevent lawsuits, regulatory sanctions and negative press. We help you keep your company and key personnel out of court, out of negative headlines and out of criminal trouble. LegalWATCH is the industry leader. We began providing cutting edge risk mitigation training before it was popular to do so.

Experience has taught us that employees often create their company’s liability through their actions and communications. One improper communication is enough to expose a company to regulatory fines, lawsuits and criminal sanctions. We train your key personnel on how to avoid mistakes that can expose them and the company to liability.

LegalWATCH’s training programs are cutting edge, relevant and interactive. We go beyond the run-of-the-mill training as we take great strides in improving retention and modifying problematic behavior and communications.

The foundation for each of our training programs is prevention. Our training is distinguished from others by our intertwining of risk mitigation practices and the application of adult learning principles, which help employees grasp, apply and retain the information learned. We tailor our training to your company’s needs.

ABOUT OUR TRAINERS

Our trainers are experienced lawyers and top-level executives from the corporate, governmental and private sectors with a wealth of knowledge and expertise handling human resource, environmental, medical, transactional and compliance related matters.

OUR AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Women Business Enterprise Alliance Women Business Enterprise of the Year
Women Business Enterprise National Council Business Star Award Recipient
Women’s Enterprise Texas Women of Excellence Recipient
Shell Oil Products US Minority Business Enterprise of the Year
African American Business Pinnacle Award
Houston’s 100 Fastest Growing Businesses
Houston Minority Business Council’s Emerging 10 Award

LEGALWATCH’S CERTIFICATIONS

Small Business Administration 8(a) DBE and SDB Certification
Women Business Enterprise National Council Woman Owned Business
Houston Minority Business Council Minority Business Enterprise
State of Texas Historically Underutilized Business (HUB)
City of Houston W/MBE

ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND CEO

Jean Johnson is President and Chief Executive Officer of LegalWATCH, a risk mitigation training company she formed in 1997 after practicing law for a Fortune 100 company, and working for the United States Department of Justice and an international law firm. She uses the knowledge and expertise she acquired practicing law to help companies avoid mistakes that can often force them into settlements or litigation.

She has conducted numerous training courses, spearheaded governmental audits, designed compliance programs and negotiated settlements with third parties and governmental regulators across the United States.

In addition to her Juris Doctorate Degree, she holds a Masters Degree in Energy, Environmental and Natural Resource Law, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice. Jean is certified in Training and Development and holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation.

Jean currently serves on the boards of WIPP (“Women Impacting Public Policy”) and NISH (“National Institute for the Severely Disabled”) and AVANCE. Jean just completed an unprecedented eight year term as Chair/Vice Chair of the Women’s Lawyers Division of the National Bar Association. She also served on the National Women’s Business Council, a bi-partisan Federal government council that advises the President, Congress and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues important to women.

Jean serves on the Forum of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and is a member of the Women Business Enterprise Alliance of Texas and Houston Minority Business Council. Jean is a Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association and Past Chair of the African American Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.