Kristi Erin Haskins Johnson (born 1980)
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of the and former solicitor general of Mississippi.
Education
Johnson earned her Bachelor of Arts
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from the University of Mississippi
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in 2003 and her Juris Doctor
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, ''summa cum laude'', from the Mississippi College School of Law
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in 2008, where she served as an editor of the ''Mississippi College Law Review''.["President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, March 30, 2020](_blank)
Career
Upon graduation from law school, Johnson served as a law clerk to Judge Sharion Aycock
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of the and to Judge Leslie Southwick of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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. She worked in private practice at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and later served as an Assistant United States Attorney
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for the Southern District of Mississippi
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.Mississippi Attorney General
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Lynn Fitch
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appointed Johnson the first Solicitor General
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of Mississippi
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.Mississippi College
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.
Federal judicial service
On March 30, 2020, President Donald Trump
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announced his intent to nominate Johnson to serve as a United States district judge
The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district. Each district covers one U.S. state or a portion of a state. There is at least one feder ...
of the . On May 4, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Johnson to the seat vacated by Judge Keith Starrett
Keith Starrett (born 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Education and career
Born in McComb, Mississippi, Starrett received a Bachelor of Science degree ...
, who assumed senior status on April 30, 2019. On September 9, 2020, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee
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. On October 22, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–0 vote. On November 16, 2020, the United States Senate
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invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–38 vote. On November 17, 2020, her nomination was confirmed by a 53–43 vote. She received her judicial commission on December 1, 2020.[
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Memberships
Johnson is a member of the Federalist Society
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, the Federal Bar Association
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, and the Charles L. Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court
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1980 births
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