Peter Edward Johnson
Senior Counsel - Hutton CompanyPete Johnson has experience representing a wide variety of businesses ranging from small local companies to some of the country’s largest publicly traded corporations. Before joining the Hutton Company, Johnson was the General Counsel for a real estate development and commercial general construction company. Johnson has practiced with law firms in Georgia and Tennessee, including an AmLaw100 firm, primarily in the areas of general corporate transactions, government representation, construction, and real estate law. Johnson has held a variety of public offices including serving as Assistant District Attorney, City Solicitor, and Magistrate. He has been active on the boards of several non-profits, including an art museum and a crime prevention organization; has donated legal services to a number of other charities, and ministries; and has taught Legal Writing Research and Drafting at an undergraduate collegiate level. Johnson lives in Collegedale, Tennessee with his wife and four children. The Johnsons are active members of Covenant Presbyterian Church.
- Mercer University
- J.D
- Walter F. George School of Law, .
- Covenant College
- B.A
- History, Minor in Sociology, .
- Senior Counsel
- Hutton Company
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- Attorney
- Scenic City Legal Group, PC
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- Magistrate
- Hamilton County, Tennessee
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- General Counsel
- GenTech Construction, LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Husch Blackwell, LLP
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- Associate Attorney
- Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, LLP
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- Adjunct Professor - Legal Writing and Research
- Darton College
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- Assistant District Attorney
- Dougherty County District Attorney's Office
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- Legal Clerk
- Bibb County District Attorney's Office
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- Legal Clerk
- Georgia Secretary of State
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- Certificate in Advanced Legal Writing Research and Drafting
- Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Business Associations
- Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Individual Rights
- Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Legal Writing I
- Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Legal Writing II
- Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law
- Current
- Activities: Tennessee Bar Association
- Current
- Activities: State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate
- Land Use Development & Financing
- Website
- Website