Semaj Johnson is a business attorney and deal lawyer. Growing businesses is Semaj’s passion, and drives his career. He built his reputation brokering transactions, navigating entrepreneurs through growth cycles, and defending Fortune 500 companies in complex litigation.

Formerly, a partner at the business law firm of K.A. Rames, P.C., his training includes nearly a decade of service as a law clerk and appellate staff attorney in federal and territorial courts, and work with the Ford Foundation Study Group, whose members sat on the corporate Boards of  CitiGroup, Pepsi, and DuPont Conoco. He was also a Patricia Roberts Harris Fellow with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, a fellow with the 108th U.S. House of Representatives and has served on two gubernatorial transition teams.

Semaj’s civic contributions include: 

• Board of Governors, Virgin Islands Bar Association
• Trustee, Virgin Islands Humanities Council
• Trustee,  Good Hope Country Day School
• Board of Directors, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts
• Board of Directors, Christiansted Federal Credit Union
• Adjunct Professor, University of the Virgin Islands 
• Pro Bono Projects Awards, V.I. Bar Association & Legal Aid Society
• Co-counsel,  Equally American, Democracy Now, U.S. Territories Voting Rights Federal Litigation  
• Board of Directors, Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners

Attorney Johnson, is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Howard University School of Law. He is licensed in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Georgia.