Whitney Johnston, JD

Governance, Risk, & Compliance Professional | Legal Consultant | Legal Tech Builder | Helping Businesses Protect & Scale

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

About

I help entrepreneurs, startups, and creatives build businesses that are actually built to scale—not just survive. With a background in operational due diligence and a Juris Doctor, I focus on the side of business most founders don’t see until it’s too late: risk, structure, and scalability. I’ve worked behind the scenes evaluating how investors assess businesses before they deploy capital. Now, I use that same lens to help founders strengthen their businesses from the inside out. I specialize in helping businesses: * Strengthen their legal and operational foundations * Identify and fix hidden risks and control gaps * Build scalable systems and decision-making structures * Prepare for investment, partnerships, and growth Because capital doesn’t fix broken systems—it exposes them.

Experience

  • Founder at Project PEARL, Inc
    Aug 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 11 mos

  • Operational Due Diligence Analyst at LCG Associates, Inc.
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Document Reviewer at Consilio LLC
    Oct 2022 - Apr 2023 · 7 mos

  • Law Clerk at The CP Law Group, LLC
    Jul 2022 - Oct 2022 · 4 mos

  • Attorney Fellow at Witherite Law Group
    May 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos