Johnnie N. Lewis (April 16, 1946 – January 21, 2015) was a Liberian lawyer and politician who served as the 18th Chief Justice of Liberia from 2006 to 2012.
[2] In 1975, he was appointed as Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court in Sinoe County by President William R. Tolbert, Jr., replacing his late father Roderick.
[1] In one incident, his home was invaded by gunmen searching for him; though Lewis escaped, one of his nephews was killed for failing to divulge his uncle's whereabouts.
[1] In 2006, the Liberian Bar Association recommended Lewis for nomination by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia.
[5] Chief Justice Lewis fired 34 judges in Sinoe County in April 2006 after they failed to report to their assigned courts.
[6] In July 2006, the car Lewis was riding in to the funeral of former justice Emmanuel Wureh hit and killed a pedestrian who was jaywalking.
[7] In a 3–2 decision with Lewis voting in the majority, the court declared the removal of House Speaker Edwin Snowe by the National Legislature was illegal and ordered his reinstatement.
[11] In January 2008, the court affirmed the national government's decision not to hold municipal elections due to budgetary constraints and allowed the President of Liberia to appoint mayors.