Robert Johnson has more than 20 years of experience representing business clients in immigration matters. He represents U.S. and foreign-based multinational corporations in the hiring of foreign executives, managers and specialists and their transfer to the United States.
In addition to immigration counsel, Mr. Johnson routinely advises Japanese, Swedish, British, German and Canadian companies on a wide variety of corporate, commercial, finance, securities and intellectual property matters as well.
Mr. Johnson has published numerous articles on a variety of business immigration topics and regularly conducts in-house Immigration training seminars. He lived and worked in Japan for two years and is conversationally fluent in Japanese.
- Chambers USA – recognized as Leader in Business Immigration (since 2007)
- Executive Board Member, Japan-America Society of Georgia
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Member of Immigration Subcommittee, Labor, Immigration & Employee Benefits Division
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce – Member of Global Council
- Swedish American Chamber of Georgia
- Member – State Bar of Georgia
- Law clerk for the Hon. Judge Alan M. Schwartzman, 4th District Court, Idaho (1988 – 1989)
- Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, JD, 1988
- Associate Editor, B.Y.U. Law Review
- Author, Note, Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte: Redefining Associational Rights, 1988 B.Y.U. L. Review 141 (1988)
- Associate Editor, B.Y.U. International Law Annual
- Member, Moot Court Board of Advocates
- Brigham Young University, B.A., 1985
- Four-Year Full Academic/Leadership Scholarship (Gannett Corp.)
- Music Scholarship-Concert Master (cellist), B.Y.U. Symphony