L. Kittredge Johnson

Associate

200 East Saint Julian Street
PO Box 9848
Savannah, GA 31412-0048

Tel 912.236.0261
Fax 912.236.4936

Kitt Johnson is an associate in HunterMaclean’s Savannah office, where she focuses her practice on corporate law and mergers and acquisitions.

Kitt is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, and she currently serves on the executive board of the Savannah Chapter of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers.

Before joining HunterMaclean in Savannah, Kitt practiced law in New York where she had experience representing private companies and financial sponsors on both buy-side and sell-side in private and public, domestic, and cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, SPAC transactions, take-private transactions, carve-outs, and corporate reorganizations.

She has also drafted and negotiated corporate transaction documents, including purchase, merger, contribution, distribution, and exchange agreements; escrow agent agreements; restrictive covenant and profits interest agreements; confidentiality agreements; organizational documents; and corporate resolutions.

Kitt earned a B.A. in History of Art from Vanderbilt University in 2017 and her J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2021. While in law school, she served as the symposium editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review and as co-president of the Women Law Students’ Organization. She completed an internship with the Honorable Barry R. Ostrager in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York during the summer of 2019, followed by an externship with the Honorable Elizabeth K. Dillon in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia during the 2020 academic year.

Kitt is an active member of Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, where she sings in the Women’s choir. She and her husband, Ben, recently welcomed their first child in May.


Experience

Community Work

  • Project Horizon in Lexington, Virginia: Fundraising, 2018-2021
  • Lauderdale ARP Church: Vacation Bible School, 2021
  • Samaritan’s Purse: Operation Christmas Child, 2020

Credentials

Education

Washington and Lee University School of Law: J.D., magna cum laude, 2021
Vanderbilt University: B.A., History of Art, 2017

Affiliations

  • Georgia State Bar Association
  • Georgia Association for Women Lawyers: Savannah Chapter, Treasurer
  • Savannah Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
  • New York State Bar Association

Licensed In

Georgia
New York

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