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Mark Johnson has practiced law in the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, Cobb County area for more than thirty five years, offering the broad range of legal services today's demanding business environment requires.Delivering personal attention to his clients at cost-effective rates, Marietta business lawyer Mark Johnson provides comprehensive legal services to entrepreneurs, closely-held businesses and their owners, their families and key personnel in areas including:What makes Mark Johnson unique?Mark emphasizes a common-sense approach to both business and legal issues. He stands out among business law attorneys in Marietta because, with an MBA in Finance and a Master of Laws in Taxation, he understands your business issues as well as the tax implications. With more than three decades of business litigation experience in the courtroom and in negotiations, and having provided in-house representation of multi-billion-dollar investment and opportunity funds, he has probably encountered your particular legal problem before.His unique experience, from working both in private practice and in-house, imparts a case perspective from both the client's and the attorney's eyes.  And since Mark Johnson drafts transactional documents as well as litigating, he does not suffer from the typical Silo Syndrome among lawyers where they are unaware of how drafted clauses in documents play out before judges and juries.  Whether businesses and owners need advice routinely or on an occasional basis, they can expect timely legal counsel. Mark Johnson strives to give candid, realistic advice and representation to his clients, always keeping an eye on their bottom lines.Get a consultation from one of the most experienced business law attorneys in Marietta, GAFor an initial consultation to discuss your specific needs and to find out how Mark can help you, please call Mark A. Johnson PC at (678) 224-6258 Mark A. Johnson was born in Brunswick, Georgia in 1954 and lives in Marietta, Georgia where he attends First United Methodist Church of Marietta.Attorney Mark Johnson enjoys running, gardening, cooking and judging barbecue. Mark is a Memphis Barbecue Network (MBN) certified judge and has judged barbecue competitions across the state of Georgia.Lawyer for 440 acre mixed use development, from acquisition, planning, zoning, permitting, subdivision, environmental, archeological, financing, through architectural control stages over 7 year period.  Public/private elements included loop roads, road bed and right-of-way swaps, parks and school dedication.Lawyer for co-composting company with first generation technology in successful bid for municipal franchise to process 300 tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) and 150 tons of sewage waste daily into usable compost product.  Duties included preparing and submitting Request for Proposal, lobbying public officials and professional staff, negotiating and drafting siting and 20 year operating agreement, interfacing with municipal bond counsel, securing environmental and land use permits, obtaining state and federal permits to market compost product, facilitating delivery of MSW with waste companies and independent haulers, securing process guaranty through Siemens, construction and performance testing of plant, drafting foreign licensing agreements and negotiating with insurance providers on rebuilding of plant following major fire.Lawyer for art exhibition utilizing icons, tapestries, jewels, manuscripts and central Iconostasis from the Novedevichy Convent from the State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russian Federation.  Duties included negotiation and drafting of agreements and protocols with museum, obtaining State Department approval protecting artifacts of international significance (i.e., gold artifacts back Russian Ruble), arranging shipment with Lufthansa, contracting the design and installation of exhibition space, personnel and staffing, promotion, marketing, gift shop and kiosk items.Represented the parents in the first gestational surrogacy (1991), the first artificial insemination surrogacy (1992), and the first donor surrogacy (1999) in the state of Georgia. Services include drafting and analysis of egg donation, embryo donation, surrogacy, and cryopreservation contracts, as well as representation in required court proceedings throughout Georgia. Cases have addressed multi-state and international issues of location of surrogates, infertile couples, and infertility clinics in sister states.   Authored papers published by the American Surrogacy Center, Inc. (TASC) at www.surrogacy.com, including “Observations of Laws of Surrogacy in the U.S.,” “The Legal Status of Surrogacy in Georgia,” and “Recent Court Decisions Concerning the Law of Surrogacy” (1996).  Testified before the Georgia Senate on proposed surrogacy legislation and spoken at conferences on third party reproductive legal issues, including The Family Law Institute of the Georgia Bar (1999).   Delivered a paper at the annual conference of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in San Diego in 2000 on Informed Consent and Third Party Reproductive Issues and in Philadelphia in 2004, on Managing Legal Risk in the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Environment.  Addressed the annual Georgia Superior Court Judges conclave in St. Simons Island on Assisted Reproductive Technology (A.R.T.) and Surrogacy--A Perspective for the Georgia Jurist (2006).

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