Ms. Johnston joined Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP, as an associate in November 2009. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Georgetown University in 2002. Thereafter, Ms. Johnston worked as a member of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps and served a multitude of non-profit organizations in Arizona and California.
From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Johnston attended the University of California, Davis School of Law and the Graduate School of Management, where she received her Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration in 2008. While in law school, Ms. Johnston served as a member of the U.C. Davis Law Review and as co-chair for both the King Hall Legal Foundation and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.
Following law school, Ms. Johnston served for a year as law clerk to the Honorable John E. Suddock, of the Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage. During her clerkship, Ms. Johnston researched, wrote and edited draft orders for the court’s civil law and motion calendar. In addition, Ms. Johnston drafted orders for appeals from administrative agency decisions and the Alaska District Court. Ms. Johnston also assisted in case management and the court’s domestic relations docket.
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis, School of Law, Davis, CA
Juris Doctorate, 2008 Member, UC Davis Law Review, 2005-2006
Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, 2005-2006
Co-Chair, King Hall Legal Foundation, student-run nonprofit, 2005-2006
Teaching Assistant, UC Davis Asian American Studies Department, 2006-2008
Recipient, Asian Bar Association of Sacramento Scholarship, 2007
Recipient, Araki-Isenberg Scholarship, 2007
University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management, Davis, CA
Master of Business Administration, 2008
Recipient, Innovator Fellowship Award, 2005-2006
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Bachelor of Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, 2002
Major: Sociology. Minor: English
EXPERIENCE
The Honorable John E. Suddock, Alaska Superior Court, Law Clerk, Anchorage, AK, Sept 2008- Sept 2009
The Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Judicial Extern, Sacramento, CA, Jan 2008 - April 2008