Joshua S. Johnson
  • Appeals & Appellate
  • District of Columbia, Texas, Virginia
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Practice Area
Appeals & Appellate
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
District of Columbia
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Texas
State Bar of Texas
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Virginia
Virginia State Bar
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5th Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
Counsel — Appellate
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Current
Law Clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
United States Supreme Court
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Law Clerk to Judge David S. Tatel
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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Law Clerk to Judge Nancy Gertner
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
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Education
Yale Law School
J.D. (2009)
Activities: Senior Editor, The Yale Law Journal
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Yale University
B.A. (2006) | Ethics, Politics, & Economics
Honors: summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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Awards
D.C. Rising Star
The National Law Journal
Top Gov’t Contracts Cases of 2017: Mid-Year Report
Law360 feature
American Gateways’ Access to Justice Award
American Gateways
Selected to the Washington, D.C. Rising Stars list
Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)
2016, 2017, 2019
Professional Associations
University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Instructor
Current
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Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court
Member
Current
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District of Columbia Bar
Member
Current
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State Bar of Texas
Member
Current
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Virginia State Bar
Member
Current
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Websites & Blogs
Website
Contact & Map
Vinson & Elkins LLP
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone: (202) 639-6623