As President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterPeak, Clint Johnson leads the Board of Directors and is renowned as one of the foremost law firm partner recruiters in the world. His extensive track record includes placing hundreds of partners and facilitating the opening of over 30 new offices for elite law firms.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting | 2026 | Management Consulting |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting | 2025 | Management Consulting |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting | 2024 | Professional Recruiting |
| The 2023 Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting | 2023 | Professional Recruiting |
| The 2022 Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting | 2022 | Professional Recruiting |
| Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists of 2017 | 2017 | Professional Recruiting |
| Lawdragon's Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists for 2016 | 2016 | Professional Recruiting |
Johnson established Johnson Downie in 2007, transforming it into a dominant force in the Texas legal market with an unmatched lateral partner placement record. His ambition to consolidate the nation’s top legal recruiters under a single banner drove the transformative merger of Johnson Downie and Lippman Jungers, ultimately culminating in the creation of CenterPeak.
Johnson has a passion for developing elite teams. His work in developing a collaborative professional services model has resulted in an environment of teamwork with market-changing results. Johnson prides himself in the relationships he builds with clients, helping the world’s strongest law firms…..get stronger. He has been recognized repeatedly in Lawdragon’s Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting. A University of Texas at Austin alumnus, Clint enjoys time with his wife, Christle, and their children, Holly and Josh.
