Marissa A. Johnson, an associate of the Firm, represents companies on general corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions.
Ms. Johnson received her J.D. from Southern University Law Center in 2019. During law school, she was on Moot Court Board, studied European Union Law at the University of Oxford in England, and clerked for Chief Justice Bernette Johnson of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the highest court of the State of Louisiana. She received her B.A. in History with a minor in French from Louisiana State University in 2016.
Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Johnson was a business and corporate litigation attorney at a New York law firm, where she served as outside general and litigation counsel to various companies, banks and financial institutions. Some of her clients included municipalities, hotels, restaurants, land trusts, commercial and residential realty companies, an internet service provider, transportation companies, and a well drilling company.
Ms. Johnson is admitted to practice in the States of New York and New Jersey. In her spare time, she is an instructor of English and Welsh business and corporate law at a law school in England. She also judges high school, college, and law school moot court and trial competitions throughout the United States, including, most recently for Cardozo Law School, Southern University Law Center, and the American Mock Trial Association.