Chris Johnson, a top in-house lawyer at General Motors Corp., believes strongly in supporting military veterans because he’s one himself. So when a Detroit law school wanted to expand a legal clinic for veterans, Johnson was ready to assist. By passing the hat among his fellow GM executives, Johnson raised $120,000 to help the clinic purchase and customize a specially outfitted van. The mobile clinic is now helping veterans across the country file for federal benefits that they’re eligible for but aren’t getting.
Johnson, the general counsel of GM’s North American division, served in the U.S. Army for five years after graduating from West Point in 1973. “I didn’t go to war,” Johnson says. “But I had friends that did, and colleagues at West Point. I feel very strongly about the responsibility of our nation to honor those veterans who did make that sacrifice and are making it now.”
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