Garrett M. Johnson is an experienced transactional attorney currently serving in an of Counsel capacity with The Bozeman Law Firm, in Mount Vernon, New York, where he specializes in entertainment and tax law. He is a member of the Bar Associations of New York and the District of Columbia and admitted to the United States Tax Court. He is also a member of the Entertainment Law Forum of the American Bar Association and a tenured faculty member of the Academic Division of the James Cleveland Gospel Music Workshop of America.

Mr. Johnson's practice includes significant prior experience in the Office of the General Counsel at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he specialized in the areas of arts law, government practice, and intellectual property matters. Since the mid-eighties he has represented a wide spectrum of talent and industry entities including musicians, recording artists, composers, producers, independent labels, agencies and artist management companies. Specific practice areas include, but are not limited to, facilitating trademarks, negotiating recording, licensing, publishing, distribution and performance contracts and providing music publishing administration to selected client catalogues, as well as general business formation.

Mr. Johnson’s expertise is recognized across the Country and he is a frequent lecturer and panelist on legal and business issues in the music industry. Mr. Johnson received an A.B. in economics from Columbia University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Mr. Johnson’s list of current and former clients stretches across a broad spectrum of the gospel music community. Familiar names include BeBe & CeCe Winans, Tye Tribbett & Greater Anointing, Emtro Gospel, Cross Movement Records, Inc., Nicole C. Mullen, David Frazier, Paul Porter, Harvey Watkins, Jr. & The Canton Spirituals, Jessica Reedy, Rod Z, Allen & Allen, Douglas Miller, Lee Williams & The Spiritual QCs, Donnie Harper & The New Jersey Mass Choir, Wilmington-Chester Mass Choir, DeWayne Woods, Pure Springs Gospel, Inc, Cedric & LeJuene Thompson.