BIOGRAPHY

Ms. Johnston joined Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP, as an associate in November 2009. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Georgetown University in 2002. Thereafter, Ms. Johnston worked as a member of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps and served a multitude of non-profit organizations in Arizona and California.

From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Johnston attended the University of California, Davis School of Law and the Graduate School of Management, where she received her Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration in 2008. While in law school, Ms. Johnston served as a member of the U.C. Davis Law Review and as co-chair for both the King Hall Legal Foundation and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.

Following law school, Ms. Johnston served for a year as law clerk to the Honorable John E. Suddock, of the Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage. During her clerkship, Ms. Johnston researched, wrote and edited draft orders for the court’s civil law and motion calendar. In addition, Ms. Johnston drafted orders for appeals from administrative agency decisions and the Alaska District Court. Ms. Johnston also assisted in case management and the court’s domestic relations docket.

EDUCATION

University of California, Davis, School of Law, Davis, CA
Juris Doctorate, 2008 Member, UC Davis Law Review, 2005-2006 
Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, 2005-2006 
Co-Chair, King Hall Legal Foundation, student-run nonprofit, 2005-2006 
Teaching Assistant, UC Davis Asian American Studies Department, 2006-2008 
Recipient, Asian Bar Association of Sacramento Scholarship, 2007 
Recipient, Araki-Isenberg Scholarship, 2007 

University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management, Davis, CA 
Master of Business Administration, 2008 
Recipient, Innovator Fellowship Award, 2005-2006 

Georgetown University, Washington, DC 
Bachelor of Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, 2002 
Major: Sociology. Minor: English

EXPERIENCE

Employment Publications

• California Rejects the “Stray Remarks Doctrine” – Wilke Fleury Labor and Employment Newsletter, (August 2011)
  
• Q&A on the Interplay Between Workers’ Compensation, FEHA and ADA – Wilke Fleury Labor and Employment Newsletter, (November 2010)
  
• Employers That Receive Federal Funding May Be Subject to Disability Discrimination Claims from Independent Contractors – Wilke Fleury Labor and Employment Newsletter, (August 2010)
  
• 2010 Legislative Update – Wilke Fleury Labor and Employment Newsletter, (February 2010)