JOHNSON LAW GROUP Staff

Legal and International Development Services Worldwide

CORE HEADQUARTERS STAFF

Bradford P. Johnson – Democracy and Governance, Program Design and Implementation

Mr. Johnson heads the Johnson Law Group and engages in the general practice of law and international development consulting. The firm represents clients in civil rights, commercial, probate and criminal matters. Mr. Johnson provides technical assistance in legal reform, anti-corruption, governance and related issues in many countries worldwide. He advises international development firms on FAR compliance, human resource development, business development and other operational and transactional issues.

Mr. Johnson is an experienced attorney with expertise in handling international projects in law and economic and political development, with emphasis on the use of new communication technology in development activities in countries as diverse as Cyprus, Georgia, Nigeria and Angola. He has extensive international experience in conducting needs assessments and feasibility studies on issues related to democracy and governance, court administration, the practice and development of law, electronic commerce, legal database development, and related issues. In recent years, Mr. Johnson has conducted or participated in democracy and governance-related assistance efforts in Morocco, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Albania, Jordan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. He is an experienced training professional, having conducted numerous high-level and grassroots conflict resolution and rule of law training sessions for the United Nations, USAID, the Organization for African Unity, the Organization of American States, the former U.S. Information Agency, the National Defense University and other organizations. He is a member of the D.C. and Vermont bar associations, speaks Russian and some Spanish.

Jack Rosholt – Commercial and International Law

Mr. Rosholt left long careers as a lawyer and businessman in Minneapolis in 2002. Shortly thereafter his wife joined the Foreign Service and he has accompanied her to posts in Mexico and Costa Rica. Now living and working in Washington, Mr. Rosholt specializes in foreign affairs in the context of international development. His law practice has focused on the construction industry and international commercial transactions. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, teaching a course in the legal aspects of the construction industry. He is the editor of An Engineer Looks at the Law and An Engineer Applies the Law. His article “The Arbitration Option” (in Costa Rica) was recently published in Costa Rican Business. Mr. Rosholt is a graduate of Yale University, having majored in Economics, and the University of Minnesota Law School.

Jackie Parker – Paralegal

Jackie Parker has provided paralegal support for the Petties et al. v. District of Columbia et al. for nearly a decade. Previously, Ms Parker worked for over 25 years in the United States Senate, 18 of which were with U.S. Senator David Pryor (D-AR). She is also a former Clinton administration political appointee to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she served as executive assistant to the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Services. She retired from the federal government in 2000 with 32 years of service. In addition to her duties with the Johnson Law Group, Ms. Parker is the finance director for a governmental affairs lobbying firm.

Elena Sotnikova – Research and Legal Assistant

Elena Sotnikova is a Research Assistant at Johnson Law Group. She is a certified court interpreter and holds a masters degree in linguistics from Pyatigorsk Linguistic University. Currently, she is completing her final year at David A. Clarke School of Law in Washington D.C. Ms. Sotnikova’s legal experience includes succession work for a pro bono project in New Orleans , interning as a clerk for Honorable Judge Puig-Lugo, performing petition analysis for the ACLU on the Guantanamo detainees, and conducting on-site interviews with detained asylum seekers for the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition. Ms. Sotnikova has lived and worked as a linguist and communicator in Europe, Latin America and the United States. She gained practical experience in the humanitarian field by organizing medical volunteers to Aceh after the 2004 tsunami, raising funds for non-profit organizations such as Children in Crisis, the Spear Project and Global Impact, and working as a counselor in the Motherhood and Pregnancy Center in Washington , D.C. She is fluent in Russian, English and Spanish and conversant in Italian and French.