[1] In 1967, the Johnson family home in Laurel, Mississippi was bombed by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
[3] As a fellow, she represented indigent adults in the D.C. Superior Court and supervised students in the Criminal Justice Clinic.
She tried numerous felony cases in D.C. Superior Court representing indigent clients facing charges including homicide, sexual assault, and armed offenses.
[3] Johnson eventually became a supervisor of the trial division and served as one of the PDS's two representatives to the D.C. Superior Court Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
[3] In 2009, Johnson began working and teaching in the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center.
[3] In her CDPAC and CJC role, she directs Juris Doctor students representing defendants facing misdemeanor charges in D.C. Superior Court.
[6] The E. Barrett Prettyman and Stuart Stiller Fellowship Program combines instruction in the Law Center's graduate school with representation of indigent clients in the local courts of the District of Columbia.
[6] The program aims to improve defense advocacy in the criminal justice system by providing able, devoted counsel under mature supervision for indigent defendants.