Cheryl S. Johnson

Cheryl S. Johnson is the founder of Sellers Johnson Law in Rockville, Maryland. Her practice focuses on estate planning, probate, trust administration, tax planning, and business law for individuals, families, business owners, and professionals. She helps clients organize family, asset, and business interests while addressing succession, asset protection, privacy, digital assets, and related planning concerns. Her work combines legal analysis with practical attention to complex financial and ownership issues.

Johnson holds an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown Law and a master’s degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, with a focus on data and artificial intelligence. She earned her J.D. at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, and holds a B.S. from Towson University. This combination of tax, technology, and legal training supports her work on estate structures, business ownership, privacy questions, and planning matters involving sophisticated assets or emerging technology.

Johnson brings decades of legal experience together with a prior career involving technology, data, and governance. She advises on foundational estate plans, probate avoidance, long-term asset protection, business formation, succession planning, and administration after death. Her background is especially relevant when clients hold real estate, business interests, digital property, or other assets that require coordinated legal and tax planning across several areas.

Cheryl S. Johnson builds planning strategies around the relationship between family goals, tax considerations, business ownership, and asset protection. Her approach emphasizes careful issue spotting, clear explanations, and coordinated planning rather than isolated documents. By combining estate planning and business law with advanced tax training and technology experience, she helps clients address present needs while preparing for future transfers, administration, and succession decisions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founder, Sellers Johnson Law, PC
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Maryland

Education

• Georgetown Law
  Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation
• Johns Hopkins University
  Master’s degree in Computer Science with a Focus on Data and Artificial Intelligence

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