Jeffrey W. Johnson

Jeffrey W. Johnson (born October 7, 1960, in Columbia, South Carolina) is a former Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal. Early life and education Jeffrey Johnson was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He attended Francis Bradley Elementary School and A.C. Flora High School, at which he was a member of a two-man debate team that won the South Carolina Debate Team Championship in 1977. He graduated as valedictorian (first honors) from A.C. Flora in 1978. He attended Duke University on full scholarship as an Angier Biddle Duke Scholar and graduated in 1982 with honors. He double majored in political science and history, and studied Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Oxford University in Oxford, England. He was President of his graduating class at Duke and received the President Terry Sanford Senior Leadership Award. He maintains close ties to his alma mater. He serves as an interviewer and advisor for the Duke University Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Johnson earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1985. That same year, His paper on the law of satellite reconnaissance was awarded the Gherini Prize for the best analytical paper in the discipline of International Law. While at Yale, Justice Johnson was a member of the law school's Discipline Policy Committee.