Joshua S. Johnson

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Texas

State Bar of Texas

Virginia

Virginia State Bar

5th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Counsel — Appellate

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Current

Law Clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

United States Supreme Court

2012 - 2013

Law Clerk to Judge David S. Tatel

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

2010 - 2011

Law Clerk to Judge Nancy Gertner

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

2009 - 2010

Yale Law School

J.D. (2009)

Activities: Senior Editor, The Yale Law Journal

Yale University

B.A. (2006) | Ethics, Politics, & Economics

Honors: summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

D.C. Rising Star

The National Law Journal

2020

Top Gov’t Contracts Cases of 2017: Mid-Year Report

Law360 feature

2017

American Gateways’ Access to Justice Award

American Gateways

2014

Selected to the Washington, D.C. Rising Stars list

Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)

2016, 2017, 2019

University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

Instructor

Current

Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court

Member

Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

Current

State Bar of Texas

Member

Current

Virginia State Bar

Member

Current