Eric U. Johnson
Eric Johnson is a member of the Litigation, Trials & Appeals practice group at Parsons Behle & Latimer. Eric concentrates his practice on complex civil litigation, intellectual property litigation, and government investigations.
Before joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, Eric served as an Assistant Attorney General (AAG) with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. As an AAG, Eric represented the District of Columbia in complex and high-profile civil litigation, including constitutional challenges (First Amendment, unlawful takings, procedural and substantive due process), putative class actions, and employment litigation involving high-ranking former government officials. He also gained significant experience defending against and obtaining emergency injunctive relief, having successfully argued several such motions. Prior to his role as an AAG, Eric was a Trial Attorney with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Administrative Litigation.
Eric received his J.D. from the New York University School of Law, where he served as a Notes Editor for the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty. After law school, he served as a law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Evelyn J. Furse in Salt Lake City and then to U.S. District Judge Sandra L. Townes in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Practice Areas
Accomplishments
New York University School of Law (J.D., 2011)
- NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Notes Editor
- Dean’s Award Scholarship
University of Michigan (B.A., Philosophy, History, 2008)
- James B. Angell Scholar
- University Honors
- Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society
United States District Court for the District of Utah (2012–2014)
- Law clerk to the Honorable Evelyn J. Furse, U.S.M.J.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2014–2015)
- Law clerk to the Honorable Sandra L. Townes, U.S.D.J.
Associations
American Bar Association
Salt Lake County Bar Association
Licensed/Admitted
New York
District of Columbia