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Natl. Criminal Defense Coll. (1996)President, Wichita Bar Young Lawyers (1996-1997)President, Kansas Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2001-2003)President, Wichita Bar Assn. (2004-2005)Chair, Wichita Bar Criminal Practice Comm. (1998-1999)

Education

• Undergraduate: University of Kansas , Bus admin/ accountin, 1987
• Law School: University of Kansas Law School, JD, 1990

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Certified as an Expert in Criminal Trial Law by the Florida Bar Association since 2002.

Education

• Undergraduate: Pensacola State, Computers/Electronic, 1982
• Graduate: Universities of Missouri/Manchester, History, 1986
• Law School: Florida State University, J.D., Law, 1989

Biography

Steve Graham has been an attorney since 1995. He got his start after graduating working briefly in King County as a prosecutor. From there he moved to Ferry County, Washington and served as that county's elected prosecutor from 1998 to 2002. Steve Graham started his own firm in 2002 and has been doing criminal defense work ever since. He has two associate attorneys and they work throughout the state of Washington. His office handles a variety of state and federal criminal charges, and also assists college students in fighting university expulsion cases across the northwest. Mr. Graham has done approximately 200 jury trials. He is licensed in both the Eastern and Western District of Washington, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In his spare time, Steve Graham hikes throughout the east coast. 

Education

• Undergraduate: –Western Connecticut State University, 1992
• Law School: Gonzaga School of Law, JD, 1995

Bar Information

• Eastern District of Washington

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Former Adjunct Professor, Northeastern Law Sch.Recipient, Zealous Representation Advocacy Award, Committee for Public Counsel Services (2000)Recipient, Fulbright Fellowship to France (1968-69) Author, "Criminal Practice Handbook & Massachusettes Jury Instructions," LEXIS PubsNamed Whose Who in American Law AV Rated by Martindale-HubbellVoted Super Lawyer by Massachusetts Bar Lawyer for Clark Rockefellow

Education

• Undergraduate: Harvard University, cum laude, BA, 1964
• Law School: University of Michigan, JD, 1968

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Stephen Ross Johnson has defended criminal cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, ranging from complex white-collar financial crimes to death penalty cases. He is a partner with Ritchie, Johnson & Stovall, P.C., in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is a criminal defense trial and appellate attorney.

Mr. Johnson is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States; the Supreme Court of Tennessee and all Tennessee appellate and trial courts; the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Circuits; the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee; the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida; the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois; and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. In addition, he has been admitted to practice on a pro hac vice basis in many other federal and state courts.

Mr. Johnson has been defense counsel in jury trials and hearings in state and federal courts involving a wide variety of criminal offenses, including charges of theft of trade secrets, racketeering, money laundering, health care fraud, illegal gambling, government contract fraud, wire and mail fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, perjury and false statements, arson, firearms offenses, illegal drug distribution, assault, child abuse and neglect, internet crimes, rape and other sexual offenses, and homicide. He has successfully defended persons at jury trial in murder prosecutions when the death penalty was sought. He has successfully litigated cases involving social media communications and other electronic evidence, and he has successfully defended cases involving mental health issues, such as legal insanity, diminished capacity, and competency. In addition, he often represents health care providers and other licensed professionals in disciplinary matters.

In his appellate practice, Mr. Johnson has represented persons wrongfully convicted of serious felony matters on appeal and collateral review, to include direct appeal, state post-conviction, and federal habeas corpus proceedings, and has obtained reversals of wrongful convictions and sentences.

Mr. Johnson has served multiple terms on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and is a past President of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACDL). Mr. Johnson was sworn in as Second Vice President at NACDL’s annual meeting held on July 27, 2024, after serving terms as Secretary and Treasurer. He is actively involved in the Task Force on Prosecutorial Accountability and the White Collar Crime and Membership Committees. Mr. Johnson is the Sixth Circuit Vice Chair of NACDL’s Amicus Committee and is the NACDL Lawyer’s Assistance Strike Force Representative for the Sixth Circuit. He is a Trustee of the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice (NFCJ) and for many years served on the faculty of the Tennessee Criminal Defense College (TCDC). He has served on the board of the Knoxville Bar Association and for over a decade co-chaired the law office technology and management committee. He is past President and an emeritus Master of the Bench with the Hamilton Burnett Chapter of the American Inns of Court. He is a fellow of the American, Tennessee, and Knoxville Bar Foundations. For his volunteer efforts, the TBA honored Mr. Johnson with its Access to Justice Award. For many years he has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in white-collar criminal defense and has achieved an AV rating for preeminent legal ability and ethical standards from Martindale-Hubbell.

In addition to his private practice, Mr. Johnson was the incorporator of the Tennessee Innocence Project and was the founding President of the Board of Directors, serving in that position until 2021. He has been involved in the innocence movement in Tennessee for over two decades. In 2000, he helped start and lead an earlier form of the Tennessee Innocence Project that later became the Innocence Clinic at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he served as an adjunct professor and director from 2009-2018. Mr. Johnson assisted in the effort that led to the passage of the Tennessee Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001 and the Tennessee Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021, and he has successfully litigated innocence cases that not only reversed wrongful convictions but helped establish the procedures in Tennessee for bringing newly discovered evidence claims.

Mr. Johnson has published articles and taught lawyers, law students, members of law enforcement, and others across the country on criminal law and litigation issues. He is a graduate of the National Criminal Defense College (NCDC) and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors, from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Mr. Johnson completed his undergraduate education at Carson-Newman University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics with a minor in Political Science. He attended graduate school at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where he was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, graduated with a Diploma in Contemporary Economic History and worked as an economist for Govan Initiative, a Scottish economic development agency. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Johnson also worked in education, banking, retail, farming, and manufacturing, and even as a juvenile probation officer and private investigator. He regularly draws on his diverse academic and vocational experiences in representing his clients.

Biography

Former NACDL Parliamentarian (1988-89)& NACDL Board of Directors (1984-1990;Elected Counsel Member, ABA Criminal Justice Section (2005-2008);Secretary, Illinois State Bar Assn.;Illinois Delegate to Rededication of MAGNA CARTA, Runnymede, England 2015; International Bar Association: Business Crime. Hague Delegate on Convention on Child Abduction.   Recipient, National Public Service Award, ATLA; Founder: National College for DUI Defense,1994 & Illinois Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Elected: Supper Lawyer 2000 to Present, Top 100 Attorneys,.and AV Rated.

Education

• Undergraduate: University of Arizona, BA & MA, 1970
• Graduate: National College of Criminal Defense, , 1977
• Law School: DePaul College of Law, JD., 1976

Bar Information

• 6th, 7th, 8th Cir., US District. Courts., US Supreme Court.

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Education

• Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts , 1986
• Law School: Boston University School of Law, J.D. 1990

Bar Information

• 9th Cir., US Supreme Ct., Utah (Inactive)