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American judge (born 1959)

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William Paul Johnson


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Incumbent
Assumed office February 7, 2018
Preceded by	Christina Armijo
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Incumbent
Assumed office December 21, 2001
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John Edwards Conway

Personal details
Born	William Paul Johnson (1959-02-16) February 16, 1959 (age 65) Roanoke, Virginia
Education	Virginia Military Institute (BA) Washington and Lee University (JD)

William Paul Johnson (born February 16, 1959) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Early life and education

Johnson was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He was an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in the economics from Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University in 1985. He went to Fort Sill to become an artillery officer and served in the United States Army Reserve from 1981 to 1990. He achieved the rank of captain. He was in private practice in Houston, Texas, from 1985 to 1986. He was in private practice in Roswell, New Mexico. from 1986 to 1995. He was a judge on the state Fifth Judicial District Court from 1995 to 2001.

Federal judicial service

Johnson was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by John Edwards Conway. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 13, 2001, and received his commission on December 21, 2001. He became chief judge on February 7, 2018, after Christina Armijo assumed senior status.

Sources

William P. Johnson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded byJohn Edwards Conway	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 2001–present	Incumbent
Preceded byChristina Armijo	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 2018–present	Incumbent

v t e Active district judges of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Colorado	Brimmer Domenico Rodriguez Sweeney Wang Gallagher Crews
Kansas	Melgren Crabtree Broomes Teeter Crouse 1 seat vacant
New Mexico	Johnson Browning Gonzales Riggs Strickland Urias Garcia Davenport (Designate)
E. Oklahoma	White Heil
N. Oklahoma	Heil Frizzell Hill Russell
W. Oklahoma	DeGiusti Palk Goodwin Wyrick Dishman Jones Heil
Utah	Shelby Parrish Nielson Barlow Allen
Wyoming	Skavdahl Johnson Rankin

v t e Current members of the Judicial Conference of the United States
Roberts (Chief Justice) Anderson Bailey Barnett Barron Boasberg Brodie Brown Chagares Colloton Diaz Elrod Goldberg Holmes Johnson Kendall Kobayashi Lange Livingston Moore Murguia Pryor Jr. Smith Srinivasan Sutton Sykes Wood Conrad (Administrative Office) Cooke (Federal Judicial Center)

Current members of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Roberts (Chief Justice)

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