Clint Johnson
President - Board Member - Executive Committee
As President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterPeak, Clint leads the Board of Directors and is renowned as one of the foremost law firm partner recruiters in the world. His extensive track record includes placing hundreds of partners and facilitating the opening of over 30 new offices for elite law firms.
Clint established Johnson Downie in 2007, transforming it into a dominant force in the Texas legal market with an unmatched lateral partner placement record. His ambition to consolidate the nation’s top legal recruiters under a single banner drove the transformative merger of Johnson Downie and Lippman Jungers, ultimately culminating in the creation of CenterPeak.
Clint has a passion for developing elite teams. His work in developing a collaborative professional services model has resulted in an environment of teamwork with market-changing results. Clint prides himself in the relationships he builds with clients, helping the world’s strongest law firms…..get stronger. He has been recognized repeatedly in Lawdragon’s Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting. A University of Texas at Austin alumnus, Clint enjoys time with his wife, Christle, and their children, Holly and Josh.