FORA.tv Speaker - R. Todd Johnson

Johnson is founder and Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Silicon Valley Office, where his practice focuses on renewable energy companies, energy efficiency companies, companies focused on sustainability, internet companies in the cause social networking space and "for-benefit" corporations. Johnson serves as regular counsel to SunPower, SearchMe, Funny or Die, Fair Trade Films and Green Harvest Technologies, and has served as regular counsel for Santur, GoodGuide, Metering Technology, Notiva, APAK, and LaborFair.com, and works with founders in the formation, venture financing and liquidity phases of start-ups. Johnson provides pro bono assistance to organizations such as the Grameen Trust, an African SME fund, and Fair Trade Films, and advises organizations advancing the "for-benefit" sector, including the Aspen Institute, Good Capital, GlobalGiving, B Labs and Pura Vida Coffee. In the past several years, Johnson has been quoted for his work on behalf of "for-benefit" corporations in publications such as the New York Times and Inc magazine.