Our Founder

Attorney Johnson is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Law.  She has been practicing for fifteen years and has a vast amount of experience in multiple areas of law.  Attorney Johnson founded The Legal L.A.B.B. to mentor new Attorneys and assist them in building profitable solo and small firm practices, while simultaneously making legal services more affordable to low and middle income residents of Florida and to break the barriers to legal access.  The Legal L.A.B.B. is the first and only nonprofit organization of its kind in the State of Florida dedicated to serving clients of modest income levels.

Attorney Johnson also maintains her own private practice focusing in the areas of Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Probate and Personal Injury.  Attorney Johnson is a Champion for Access to Justice while being committed to the education and professional development of young lawyers.

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Rosalind B. JOhnson, Esquire
Founder & Senior Attorney

​Bar Admissions

• Florida Bar
• US District Court, Middle District of Florida​

​Education

• Juris Doctorate - Florida State University College of Law

                                Recipient of the Virgil Hawkins Fellowship

• BS Criminology/Sociology - Kansas State University
• AAS Paralegal Studies - Central Texas College

Legal Experience

• General Magistrate - Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
• Managing Attorney - The Johnson Firm, PA
• Adjunct Professor Paralegal Studies - Corinthian Colleges
• Associate Professor & Department Chair, Paralegal Studies - Herzing University
• Assistant Public Defender - Office of the Public Defender, Ninth Judicial Circuit
• Certified Legal Intern - Office of the Public Defender, Eighteen Judicial Circuit
• Certified Legal Intern - Children's Advocacy Center FSU College of Law
• Law Clerk - Department of Financial Services 
• Paralegal Specialist - US Army JAG Corps
• Military Police Officer - US Army

Professional and Community Services

• Orange County Bar Association
• Paul C. Perkins Bar Association
• Appointed by the Mayor to the Orange County Nuisance Abatement Board                                              

                            Board Member   2008-2012, 2014-2018
                             Vice Chairman   2009 
                             Chairman            2010-2011

• Former Subcommittee Member - Florida Supreme Court Committee on Justice Teaching 
• 2007 Florida Supreme Court Pro Bono Service Award​
• Leadership Academy Committee of the Florida Bar
  
• Advertising Committee of the Florida Bar 
• Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Orange County Bar Association (Co-Chair 2017-2018) 
• Annual Diversity Picnic Committee Member
• The Florida Bar Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Leadership Academy Fellow (Class IV)
• The Fund (Attorney’s Title Fund)
• Founder & Chief Executive Officer - BIG SIS, Inc