Jacqueline A. Johnson’s parents, Willie and Louise Askew, migrated from Alabama. She is the embodiment of their dreams deferred as the first female attorney hired by the Office of the Federal Defender in 1986. A graduate of Wittenberg University, Jaqueline is a national speaker on federal criminal law and diversity. She mentors students and was the CSU|LAW Black Law Student Association (BLSA) 2023 Scholarship Keynote Speaker. She received United States Administrative Office, Director’s Award and Fellowship 2020, and has served on three Bipartisan Judicial Nomination Commissions. She was the recipient of the Norman S. Minor Trailblazers Award in 2018, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation Public Servants Merit Award in 2017, and The Honorable William K. Thomas Professionalism Award in 2014. Johnson testified at the Congressional Hearing for the 25th Anniversary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. She was Chairperson on the Reappointment of Magistrate Judge Merit Selection panel and a member on three Magistrate Judge Merit Selection panels. She is a member of the Federal Court-Northern District of Ohio Advisory Board, Co-Chair of the Criminal Rules Advisory Board, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Federal Bar Association of Cleveland, where she chairs the Diversity Committee. She was Moot Court judge for BLSA and Trial Advocacy at CSU|LAW and Case Western Reserve law schools. Johnson is a member of Mt. Zion Church Oakwood Village and Vice President of the Shaker Heights Interest Group. She and her husband Robert are grateful parents of three adult children.