Mr. Johnson’s practice is focused on transaction diligence and structuring for private equity clients. He has also provided partnership technical support on a wide range of mergers and acquisitions activity across A&M’s transaction practice. Mr. Johnson has worked with companies regarding partnership tax issues, sports tax issues, real estate, health care, and infrastructure issues.​

Outside of his transaction practice, Mr. Johnson's notable assignments include advising a professional sports league on tax issues related to relinquishing its tax exempt status; preparing income tax returns for a professional sports league; assisting on partnership issues arising from a major contribution of railcars to a shipping company; helping an international energy company on tax issues connected to the division of one of the largest oil refining and distribution joint venture partnerships in the U.S.; serving in a tax-director-equivalent role for a private equity fund, including managing its tax compliance and audit defense functions; and advising a high-net-worth family on its real estate and hotel investments.​

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Johnson spent seven years with Covington & Burling as a member of its tax and insurance practice groups. Previously, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Emilio M. Garza of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before law school, Mr. Johnson spent three years with the tax practice of Arthur Andersen, where he focused on private equity and real estate clients.​

Mr. Johnson earned a BBA (summa cum laude) from the College of William & Mary and a J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he was an Articles Editor of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He earned an Executive LLM in taxation from NYU School of Law. Mr. Johnson is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Virginia and a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.