Professional Biography
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Jamie Nicole Johnson Counsel

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3281

    F +1.206.359.4281

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3281

    JJohnson@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Jamie Nicole Johnson represents emerging growth companies from their earliest stages through exit events. She advises clients on entity formation as well as multiple fundraising and financing methods, including friends and family, angel, venture capital, growth equity, and strategic investments. She also counsels her clients on board matters, equity compensation, and other corporate legal issues. Jamie also represents investors that invest in emerging growth companies, including venture capitalists, family offices, and corporate venture groups. 

Jamie advises clients across industries, including fintech, cleantech, proptech, ag tech, and other fields, such as software as a service (SaaS), artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), mobile applications, medical devices, and uncrewed vehicles systems (UVS). She also works frequently with university spinouts and regularly advises social entrepreneurs and social purpose entities.

Jamie is committed to leadership in diversity and inclusion both within the firm and in her community. She is an active member of Perkins Coie’s diversity and recruiting efforts and has served as a member of the firm’s 1L Diversity Hiring Committee, the Seattle office’s Diversity Committee, and the Summer Associate Committee, and as the Co-Chair of the firm’s LGBTQ+ Resource Group.

Jamie received her M.B.A. concurrent to receiving her J.D. Prior to law school, Jamie graduated from Seattle University, where she received a full athletic scholarship and was an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athlete on the women’s basketball team.

Professional Leadership

  • QLaw: LGBTQ+ Bar Association of Washington, Board Member, 2018-present; Treasurer, 2019-2022

  • National Association of Women Lawyers, Member
  • LGBTQ+ Bar Association, Member

Community Involvement

  • Jones + Foster Accelerator Program, The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, Mentor, 2022-present
  • Communities Rise Microenterprise Legal Clinic, Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney, 2016-present
  • QLaw: LGBTQ+ Bar Association, Mentor, 2016-present
  • University of Washington School of Law, Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, Volunteer, 2018 – 2019; 2023-present
  • University of Washington, Clean Energy Institute, Technical Advisory Committee, Member, 2019-present
  • Amazon-Communities Rise Advocates, Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney, 2017-2022
  • Domestic Violence Impact Project (DVIP) Clinic, Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney, 2016-2018
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Clinic, Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney, 2014-2020

Related Employment

  • University of Illinois, College of Law and College of Business, Teaching Assistant, 2013-2016
  • Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Summer Associate, 2014, 2015
  • Emeritus Corporation, Seattle, WA, Legal Intern, 2013

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Education

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, J.D., magna cum laude, 2016, Associate Editor, University of Illinois Law Review
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.B.A., with academic excellence, 2016
  • Seattle University, B.A., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 2012