Michael Johnson

Mike 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, Mike worked as an attorney with notable law firms in north and south Louisiana.

Mike is a trustee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; founder and board member of La. Family Initiatives, Inc.; Associate Editor of the Community Defense Council’s Community Defense Reporter; Vice Chairman of the La. Family Forum’s Attorney Resource Council; and serves on various other boards, ministries and organizations.  Mike 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.

Mike and his wife, Kelly, are the proud parents of two young daughters and one young son, and 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.  Mike 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.  Mike earned a B.S. in Business Administration from LSU (>95), and his J.D. from the LSU Law School.

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