EDUCATION

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, J.D., with Honors, 1978

  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Board of Editors, 1977-1978
  • Board of Supervisors, 1977-1978, Appellate Advocacy

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, B.A., with High Honors, 1975

 
 

ADMITTED

Florida 1978

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Evanston, Illinois

 
Lawyers / Professionals
 
Barbara Christie Johnston
Partner
Bank of America Tower
50 North Laura Street, Suite 3300
Jacksonville, Florida 32202-3661
T: 904.798.2620
F: 904.360.6355
bjohnston@mcguirewoods.com

Ms. Johnston practices in the areas of business law, with emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate law, and technology licensing. She regularly represents buyers and sellers in the negotiation, documentation and consummation of mergers and acquisitions throughout the United States and other areas including Canada and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. While most recently the general counsel for Florida Rock Industries, Inc., a NYSE listed public company, she handled its sale to the leading construction aggregates company in the United States, a $4.6 billion transaction.

She regularly advises management on matters including governance issues, domestic and international supply and distribution contracts, mining leases and logistics contracts. Her experience includes representing clients in a variety of industries, including construction materials and related concerns such as ready mix concrete and cement operations, food and beverage wholesale distribution, manufacturing and licensing, health care and transportation concerns.


Practices & Industries Firm Management
  • Managing Partner, Jacksonville Office
  • Board of Partners, 2001-2006
Honors
  • Voted a "Woman of Influence" Honoree, Jacksonville Business Journal, 2008
  • Named a Florida "Super Lawyer," Corporate Law, Law & Politics Magazine, 2006
Previous Experience
  • General Counsel, Florida Rock Industries, Inc., 2006-2007
  • Partner, McGuireWoods LLP, Jacksonville, Florida, 1981-2006
  • Law Clerk, the Hon. Susan H. Black, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1979-1981
  • Law Clerk, the Hon. Howell W. Melton and the Hon. George C. Carr, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1978-1979
Professional Affiliations
  • Jacksonville Bar Association
    • In-House Counsel Committee
    • Professionalism Review Committee
    • Fee Arbitration Committee
  • The Florida Bar
  • American Bar Association