Mr. Mark Arthur Johanson

3M

Mark is a Director & Assistant General Counsel, Employment & Benefits at 3M. As the longest continuous member of the DOW 30, 3M is a scientific and manufacturing powerhouse, with over 100 plants located all over the world. Mark loves employment law, and spends his weeks advising clients, managing employment litigation, and leading teams that respond to the latest legal developments, including where they intersect with artifical intelligence.

Prior to his three years at 3M, Mark spent seven years as the sole labor & employment counsel at Mercedes-Benz USA. Mark was also a labor and employment associate at Ogletree Deakins and Paul Hastings in Atlanta. Before law school, he worked at Mazda North American Operations in sales, marketing, and service, where he even spent the occasional weekend helping out the motorsports team. Mark finds that this pre-law work experience in a large corporation, coupled with his MBA, give him a big advantage in understanding the needs of his business partners around the organization. He has a B.A., JD, and MBA from Emory University. Mark lives in Atlanta with his wife, five-year old daughter, and their greyhound Indiana. He loves all of Atlanta’s cursed sports teams, playing music, woodworking, and going for a long swim.