BIO

Jessica Furst Johnson is a partner at Lex Politica and has spent the past seventeen years serving as General Counsel for three different national political party committees, cementing her as one of the most experienced campaign finance and election law attorneys in the industry. Jessica focuses her practice on political committees, campaign finance and election law, both on the federal level and across the 50 states, lobbying and ethics compliance, and tax-exempt organizations.

Jessica served as General Counsel to the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2009-2016, advising the national political party committee, Republican Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and candidates for U.S. House on matters related to Federal campaign finance law, House Ethics Rules, contract law, corporate law, and intellectual property regulations. During the 2014 and 2016 cycles, Jessica continued as General Counsel, while also serving the committee in a managerial and strategic role as Deputy Executive Director. In 2016, Jessica was selected as NRCC Independent Expenditure Director, managing the NRCC’s paid political efforts in 30+ congressional races, and leading a staff and vendor team of more than 80 people, and a budget exceeding $76 million.

In the 2018 election cycle, Jessica served as General Counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, where she oversaw the legal strategy for the 2018 Florida Senatorial Recount, managing hundreds of volunteer attorneys and more than 10 different law firms to ensure victory in a hand recount across Florida’s 67 counties in the span of nine days. In addition to her firm work, Jessica currently serves as General Counsel to the Republican Governors Association, the primary organization dedicated to supporting and electing Republican Governors, where she has honed an expertise on state campaign finance and election law.

Prior to joining Lex Politica, Jessica was a partner at a prominent boutique election law firm where she practiced political law. Before going to law school, Jessica spent two election cycles work on U.S. House campaigns, both as Communications Director and Campaign Manager.

Jessica lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and their two children. She currently serves on the board of the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law and as a trustee for the University of Florida Foundation.

EDUCATION

University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D.

• Editor, Florida Law Review

• Florida Blue Key

University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A. Political Science; B.J. Journalism

BAR ADMISSIONS

• The Florida Bar

• Virginia Bar

• District of Columbia Bar

• Supreme Court of the United States of America Bar