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BIO OF SENATOR LEROY R. JOHNSON


Leroy R. Johnson is the owner of Leroy R. Johnson & Associates, P.C. and he practices primarily in the areas of probate and estate, criminal, domestic relations and personal injury. He has owned and managed a successful law practice for forty-seven years.

Senator Johnson is a graduate of North Carolina School of Law and earned both a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Morehouse College and a Master of Arts Degree from Atlanta University. He was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Georgia in 1959.

He was elected as the first Black Senator in Georgia since the period of Reconstruction from the 38th District, Fulton County, Georgia, 1962. In June 1996 the Senate of Georgia by Resolution, authorized portrait of Senator Leroy R. Johnson to be hung in the State Capital in recognition of his service to the State of Georgia. Senator Johnson became the firsts Black elected official to have his portrait hung in the Senate Chamber and the first living person other than the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to have his portrait hung in the State Capital.

Leroy R. Johnson was the man who obtained the boxing license for, sponsored and promoted the fight that returned Muhammad Ali to prominence in the boxing world. In 1970, after 67 other cities denied the boxing immortal a license to fight, Atlanta became the venue for the Ali-Jerry Quarry bout.

During the times when black lawyers and law students could not find jobs in white firms Attorney Johnson opened the doors of his practice to several lawyers who have gone on to become Judges in Fulton County and the City of Atlanta – to name a few: Marvin Arrington Sr., City Council Member and Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Clarence Cooper, Judge 5th U.S. District Court, Lynwood Jackson, City of Atlanta Traffic Court of Atlanta Municipal Court; Andrew A. Mickles, City of Atlanta Municipal Court Chief Judge; The Honorable J.L. Jordan and Judge Harris Bostic also served as associates in the early years of his legal practice.

Throughout the many years of the practice of law Attorney Johnson has represented such famous entertainers such as: James Brown, Soul Singer, Johnny Taylor, Rock and Roll and Blues Singer, Otis Redding, Blues and Soul Singer, Hank Aaron, Baseball homerun King; Tom Payne, basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks; and Joel Williams, football player for the Atlanta, Falcons.

Senator Johnson has been very involved in the community and is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He serves as co-counsel for the Fulton County Development Authority and Chairman of the Butler Street YMCA Board of Directors. In addition to the many organizations that he has been an officer and/or member of, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Ebenezer Baptist Church where he has also been an active member for forty years.

In addition to Senator Johnson’s outstanding service and involvement in the community, over the years he has received many awards and/or appointments, and has been honored as follows – to name a few: Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as Special Ambassador to represent the United States at the Independence Ceremonies in Zanzibar, Africa, December 9, 1963; One of ten citizens in the United States to receive the 1962 Russwurn Award made by the National Publishers Association; Recipient of the 1963 Freedom Award by the NAACP; Recipient of the NAACP Image Award in 1970; and the Recipient of the Herman S. Prescott Award, sponsored by the National Boys and Girls Clubs of America in 1971. Additionally, Senator Johnson received the Benjamin E. Mayes “Bennie” Award presented to him by Morehouse College at the Candle in the Park ceremony in February of 2007.

He is married to Cleopatra Whittington Johnson, Ph.D., has one son Michael V. Johnson, Ph.D., and three granddaughters, Melani, Melissa and Michelle.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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