
JOHNNA
L. GOODMARK
Partner
Johnna Goodmark practices in the areas of commercial real estate, corporate and business law and related litigation. Johnna focuses on the representation of clients in transactions involving the acquisition, disposition, financing, development and leasing of commercial real property. Johnna represents a broad array of clients, including REITs, owners and developers of retail, industrial, multi-family, hotel and medical office projects, owners and managers of timberland property, condominium and homeowner’s associations and financial institutions. Johnna is experienced in the drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements and closing documents, leases, ground leases, easements, covenants and loan documents. Johnna also represents clients in residential and commercial property tax appeals and provides general corporate representation on matters including entity formation and organization and the review and negotiation of corporate, commercial, and employment contracts.
Johnna graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia with a major in philosophy. She attended Tulane Law School. While there, Johnna was selected as a winner of Tulane’s Moot Court Intraschool Brief Writing Competition (1994), served as a member of Tulane’s National Appellant Moot Court Team (1994-1995), served as a student practitioner for the Tulane Appellate Advocacy Clinic (1994-1995), and was a member of the Public Interest Law Foundation (1994-1995).
Prior to becoming a partner with Tatum Hillman Hickerson & Powell, LLP, Johnna was a commercial real estate partner with Tatum, Levine & Powell, LLP. Johnna also worked as an associate for a number of years in the real estate finance and development group at Powell Goldstein, LLP and as an associate in the community associations group at Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.
Johnna is a member of the Property Tax Subcommittee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. Johnna recently co-authored an article in the book “The Road to Independence: A Woman’s Guide to Forming Her Own Law Firm” published by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.
Johnna
is currently the president of the Parent
Teacher Advisory Council of The Frazer
Center. During a sabbatical, Johnna and
her husband traveled independently around
the world for fifteen months. Johnna has
worked as a Senior Development Associate
at The Atlanta Women’s
Foundation and served as a volunteer for
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts and on the
Board of Directors of Seven Stages Theatre.
Johnna and her husband have two children.
In her spare time, Johnna enjoys running,
snowboarding, photography and travel.
