Term Ends: 2026
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Rachael Johnson is the judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.
Johnson earned a B.A. in psychology from Spelman College, an M.S.W. from Smith College, and a J.D. from Tulane University. She also graduated from the Loyola Institute of Politics.
At the time of her run for office in 2017, Johnson was a senior staff attorney for Hartford Insurance. Her professional experience also includes work as an intern for Civil District Court Clerk Dale Atkins and a clerk for Civil District Court Judge Nadine Ramsey. Johnson has served as a member of the Louisiana State Bar Board of Governors, president of the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Society, a member of the boards of the New Orleans Bar Association and the Pro Bono Project, and vice president of the New Orleans chapter of the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College.