3 Summit Park Drive, Suite 400 Cleveland, OH 44131
Phone:(216) 503-5055 Fax:(216) 503-5065

Giselle S. Johnson practices exclusively in the area of school law, representing boards of education in policy development; human resources; labor and employment matters, including employee discipline, evaluation, contract non-renewal, and terminations; as well as legal matters involving students, including discipline, special education, and student records. Giselle has represented school districts before the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights. Giselle served as the in-house chief counsel for the Dayton City Schools and Columbus City Schools for a combined 13 years. A former adjunct professor of education law at Capital Law School, Giselle has been a frequent presenter on school law topics around Ohio and throughout the country for organizations supporting education and school personnel. Giselle has been involved in a number of community service activities, including participating on the boards for Dayton Habitat for Humanity, Daybreak Team Shelter, March of Dimes, and National Federation of Business and Professional Women. She also is a former member of the board of directors for the National School Boards Association’s Council of School Attorneys and past board chair for the Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys.

• Bar Admissions and Memberships
• Admitted to practice law in Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Member of the National Bar Association, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the Norman S. Minor Bar Association, the Thurgood Marshall Law Society, the National School Boards Association’s Council of School Attorneys, and the Ohio School Boards Association’s Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys

• Education
• Received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (B.A., 1983)
• Earned her law degree from the Claude Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1986)