“As a student and then professor, I have worked to help those with claims of wrongful conviction seek release from prison,” said Johnson. “The clinic has always played an important role in this arena in Tennessee. When I was recently asked to work on a wrongful conviction case involving DNA testing in East Tennessee, I realized that it was time to reinvigorate this work with students.”
For over two decades, Johnson, a partner at Ritchie, Johnson & Stovall, P.C., has defended criminal cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, ranging from complex white-collar financial crimes to death penalty cases. He is second vice president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is a past president of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
