Craig Johnson - Bio

Craig Johnson currently serves as the Chairman of the Venture Law Group Board of Advisors. He joined Heller Ehrman in 2003 and was a co-founder of Heller Ehrman's Venture Law Group, acting as its Chairman from its founding in 1993 until its merger with Heller Ehrman ten years later.

Experience

Mr. Johnson retired from the practice of law in 2005 and is now serving as an advisor to, and angel investor in, various early stage companies.

During Mr. Johnson's law career, he represented high technology emerging growth companies from incorporation through initial public offering or acquisition. Among the companies he has represented are Adaptec, Wyse, Collagen, StrataCom, Aspect, SnapTrack, Gupta, MediaQ, Reflectivity, Voxify, Centrality and IP Wireless.

Mr. Johnson is also the co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures, Financial Engines, Grassroots Enterprise and Concept2Company. These companies have raised more than $200 million in venture capital.

Mr. Johnson has been recognized by Business Week as one of Silicon Valley’s top 25 “movers and shakers” (1997), by Red Herring Magazine as one of nine Silicon Valley “top power brokers”, (1999), as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in America by The National Law Journal (2000), and by Forbes as one of the country’s top private company investors (“Midas List”) in 2001 and 2002. He has also been selected for inclusion in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for a number of years.

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