Joshua S. Johnson
Josh Johnson is counsel at Vinson & Elkins. His principal area of practice is appellate litigation. Before joining the firm, he served in the Appellate Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, where he participated in briefing cases before the United States Supreme Court and argued five cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Johnson has served as a law clerk at all three levels of the federal court system. He clerked for Judge Nancy Gertner (District of Massachusetts, 2009–2010), Judge David S. Tatel (D.C. Circuit, 2010–2011), and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S. Supreme Court, 2012–2013).
Education
- J.D.Yale Law School2009
- B.A.Yale University2006
Faculty in the News
Aditya Bamzai, Government Surveillance and Privacy Conference, Part 4 (C-SPAN)
Michael A. Livermore, Trump Plays Up Deregulatory Moves, Touts $50 Billion in Savings (Bloomberg Law)
Andrew Block, Commission Releases Report on ‘Deeply Troubling’ Racism in Defunct Virginia Law (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Richard C. Schragger, Virginia Counties Declare They Won’t Abide By New Gun Laws. Is That Legal? (WAMU Radio)