Mattias Johnson was born and raised on Traverse City's Old Mission Peninsula. With a farmer for a father and a social worker for a mother, Mattias quickly learned the value of working hard and caring for others. Mattias attended James Madison College at Michigan State University as an undergraduate and attained a master's degree in Resource Management as well as a Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina. Prior to starting his own firm he worked in two premier law firms in Traverse City focusing on intellectual property as well as his passion in civil litigation, criminal defense and family law.