Johnson Subject of Profile in 'The Hill'

Broderick Johnson, president of Bryan Cave Strategies, already has achieved a lot in a career that some say is just revving up. He has worked in the White House, advised presidential candidates and has helped expand opportunities for minorities in the Washington, D.C., area.

Johnson is the subject of a profile in The Hill newspaper, published May 5. He also was featured in an online video clip from The Hill. Both focus on his work with Bryan Cave Strategies, his professional background and his ties to the White House, including acting as an informal advisor to Sen. Barack Obama in his run for the presidency.

With more than two decades of public policy and law experience, Johnson served from 1998-2000 in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. He was named deputy assistant to the president and House liaison, acting as the Clinton administration’s primary advocate before the U.S. House of Representatives during 1999 and 2000. From 2000 to 2007, he worked as vice president for congressional affairs with the AT&T and BellSouth corporations. During those years, he worked extensively with the Democratic leadership of both houses of Congress. His primary policy focus has been before House and Senate committees presiding over commerce, judiciary and tax issues. In 2004, he also served as the senior congressional affairs advisor for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign.

Johnson began his legal career in 1983 when he was appointed assistant counsel in the House of Representatives’ Office of Legislative Counsel. There, he helped draft such landmark legislation as the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. He left that post in 1989 to join a Washington, D.C., law firm. After spending four years in private practice, he returned to Congress to serve as majority staff director and chief counsel for the House Committee on the District of Columbia from 1993 to 1995. He went on to serve as the Democratic chief counsel for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce from 1995 to 1998.

Johnson serves on the boards of directors of several philanthropic and academic entities, including the Center for American Progress and the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. He has co-founded or served as president of several child advocacy organizations.

Click here to view the video link, or click on the attachment below to read The Hill article, reprinted with permission from the May 5 edition.