R. Denise Johnson has been a practicing attorney in Jacksonville since 1982 and is a founding partner of the firm.  Ms. Johnson has spent her entire legal career in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida.  She initially worked for a criminal defense firm where her duties involved daily court appearances,  plea negotiations and other related criminal matters, including a death row appeal.  Ms. Johnson has a Florida State teaching license and is certified as an educator in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics and Business law.  Ms. Johnson has maintained involvement in the educational field throughout her career and is an avid advocate for children and educational practices and reform.  Ms. Johnson is the administrative/managing partner for the firm.

Ms. Johnson graduated, magna cum laude, in 1978 from Appalachian State University with a B.S. in Education, and from Stetson University College of Law with a J.D. in 1981, where she was an Associate Editor of the Stetson Law Review.

Ms. Johnson is admitted to practice in the Florida State Courts, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.