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Christian A. Johnson
Commonwealth Professor of Business Advising
Director, Business Advising Program
Former Dean (2015-2020)
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Curriculum Vitae
Email: cajohnson2@widener.edu
Phone: 717.541.1992
Christian Johnson was the Inaugural Dean for Widener University Commonwealth Law School. Prior to joining Widener, Dean Johnson was the Hugh B. Brown Presidential Endowed Chair of the Law and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Utah College of Law.
He is a frequent commentator and academic focusing primarily on global capital markets. He has coauthored five books and written over three dozen articles on capital markets and central banks. Before moving to Utah, Dean Johnson was a law professor at Loyola University Chicago for 13 years. Professor Johnson speaks frequently on legal issues involving capital markets and has testified before the U.S. Congress. He has spoken and lectured at central banks, U.S. banking and financial regulators, and academic institutions and financial institutions in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, North and South America and Australia. Professor Johnson received his JD from Columbia Law School (where he was executive editor of the Columbia Law Review and a Stone Scholar) and was an associate for Milbank, Tweed in New York and Mayer, Brown, in Chicago. He was also a CPA for Price Waterhouse.
Education
Honors BA (accounting), University of Utah, Magna cum laude, top accounting GPA
Masters of Accounting, University of Utah Graduate School of Accounting
JD, Columbia University School of Law, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Executive Editor of the Columbia Law Review
Experience
Hugh B. Brown Presidential Endowed Chair in Law, University of Utah School of Law
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Utah School of Law
Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
Professor, London Law Consortium
Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Faculty Director, Corporate Law Center, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Associate, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL
Associate, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, NY
Certified Public Accountant, Price Waterhouse, Houston, TX
Other
Finance Committee Member, U.S. Army Heritage Center Foundation (2019–present)
Board Member, Mid Penn Legal Services (2018–2020)
Chair of Veterans Legal Issues, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor’s Task Force on Veterans (2016–2018)
Co-Editor-in-Chief (with Kammel and Booysen), International Banking and Securities Law (2015–)
Co-Chair, CLE Committee, NYC Bar Committee on Futures and Derivatives (2021–present)
Co-Chair, Member, Virtual Currency and Financial Technology Subcommittee (2016–2019)
Chair, Subcommittee on Insolvency and Related Issues, Committee on Derivatives and Futures Law, ABA Business Law Section (2009–2015)
Bar Admissions
New York
Illinois (inactive)
Nevada (inactive)
Selected Media Coverage
biznewsPA
Professor Johnson interviewed regarding his class focused on the pandemic on 1/20/2022
PennLive.com
Christian Johnson and Randy Lee's op-ed was published on 2/15/17
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Central Penn Business Journal
Dean Christian Johnson was quoted on 9/9/16
Groups help transition military members into civilian workforce (subscription only)
Comcast Newsmakers
Dean Christian Johnson was interviewed on 9/9/16
Veterans Day Ceremony
The Legal Intelligencer
Dean Christian Johnson provided expert commentary on 4/11/16
Bar Passage Stats Show Applicant Pool Declining
Pennsylvania Business Central
Dean Christian Johnson was quoted on 3/25/16
Law school job placement picks up as students find jobs outside the traditional office
Selected Presentations
"OTC Derivative Reforms: Comparing the U.S. and the E.U., presented at the Irish Central bank", December 18, 2014, Dublin, Ireland.
"The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Great Financial Crisis, presentation to the University of Economics", December 11, 2014, Wroclaw, Poland.
"Conferencia Inaugural (Morning Keynote Talk) -General Overview of the Dodd Frank Financial Regulation of Derivatives: Implementation, Progress and the Key Differences Between USA and European Legislation", Congreso - Hacia un Sistema Financiero de Nuevo Cuno: Reformas Pendientes y Andantes, organized by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, October 28, 2014, Madrid Spain (http://congresosistemafinancieroucm.com/programa/)
“The Transterritorial Application of Dodd Frank Act on Derivatives”, roundtable presentation organized by the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, presented October 29, 2014, Madrid, Spain.
"Understanding OTC Derivative Reforms", lecture at the British University at Dubai, October 13, 2014.
"OTC Derivative Markets: Emerging Trends", invited speaker at the First Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance & Banking, October 12, 2014, Dubai.
"OTC Derivative Reforms", presented to the staff of the National Futures Association, September 12, 2014, Chicago, Illinois.
"Understanding Acts of Insolvency in Master Agreements: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", panel organizer and speaker, ABA Section of Business Law Annual Meeting, September 12, 2014, Chicago, Illinois.
Dodd Frank OTC Derivative Reforms: Exchange Trading/Clearing - Where are We Now?, presented to the Chicago office of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, June 16, 2014, Chicago, Illinois.
"Ethics and Accounting for Lawyers", Business Law Section of the Utah State Bar, May 20, 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah.