J. Michael Johnson resides in Shreveport, Louisiana, and serves as senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund at its Regional Service Center for the Southeastern United States. Prior to joining ADF, a non-profit legal defense and advocacy organization dedicated to religious liberty, traditional family values, and the sanctity of life, Johnson worked as an attorney with notable law firms in northern and southern Louisiana. Johnson is a trustee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; the founder and board member of Louisiana Family Initiatives, Inc.; associate editor of the Community Defense Council's Community Defense Reporter; vice chairman of the Louisiana Family Forum's Attorney Resource Council; and serves on various other boards, ministries and organizations. He has also served as a board member and as general counsel for the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools' efforts to return its elective course to America's public high schools, and has provided legal representation to organizations such as Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, Toward Tradition, the American Family Association, and Coral Ridge Ministries, and numerous family policy councils and crisis pregnancy centers. Johnson and his wife, Kelly, are the proud parents of three young children. The Johnsons were recently honored as recipients of the 2001 Champions for the Faith award by the Southern Baptist Convention for their work in promoting covenant marriage, religious liberty and other pro-family initiatives. Johnson has been a principal drafter of pro-family legislation for Louisiana and municipalities across the country, and has been interviewed by and featured in national media outlets, including ABC's Good Morning America, the CBS Morning News, FOX News, Time magazine, Citizen magazine, World magazine, The L.A. Times and The Washington Times, FamilyNet Television, and the USA and AFA Radio Networks. Johnson earned a B.S. in Business Administration from LSU (1995), and his J.D. from LSU Law School (1998). http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelJohnson http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelJohnson TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:01:00 GMT Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ When lawmakers have to choose between protecting our children and protecting the profits of a sexually oriented business, the choice is obvious: Our children's safety comes first. An imaginative... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelJohnson/2007/11/15/children_won,_strip_clubs_zero 8fd9de00-e185-4565-9559-af53f809545a Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:01:00 GMT Silence can be golden, the wise man pointed out . but sometimes it's just plain yellow. And there's certainly something saffron about the "Day of Silence" being promoted across the United States this spring, by advoc http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelJohnson/2007/04/04/why_are_so_many_american_educators_so_afraid_of_the_truth 6a5360bb-9bf8-40d5-8cea-199062a3bbca Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:33:24 GMT Here's a little test of your sensitivity to the current culture: Suppose your child's school announces a Christmas celebration - and your child, while subscribing to your atheistic beliefs, decides to participate. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelJohnson/2007/02/28/taking_god_out_of_school_leaves_a_vacuum_something_will_replace fc9cb9ea-205b-4781-9559-fcb23159a308 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:20:55 GMT It's Groundhog Day, the day when Punxsutawney Phil takes a gander at his shade and decides how much more winter we'll all have to endure. Not a bad idea, that - and one that has some resonance for those of us who... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelJohnson/2007/02/02/preview_of_coming_attractions_the_most_crucial_court_cases_of_2006 6cb80f1a-96b8-4f2b-bee3-b18a3662c209 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:54:39 GMT On this week devoted to the doings of the Dark Side, it seems apropos, somehow, to pause and reflect on those who have done so much to darken the spiritual landscape of these United States . . the earnest advocates... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelJohnson/2006/10/30/this_halloween,_it's_the_left_that's_scared_to_death 6b1f6882-480c-4b00-8467-4107d386c762 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:15:36 GMT