Law Professor Resume

MATTHEW S. JOHNSON
276 W. Whacker Drive Suite 9000\
Chicago, IL 67601

Personal:

• Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law 1994-Present
• Associate Professor at Wake Forest 1991-1994
• Visiting Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, Fall 1990
• Practicing Attorney, 1970-90
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1974
• Admitted to North Carolina Bar, 1969

Experience:

• Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1994 to present
• Associate Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1991-1994
• Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1990
• Lawyer in Residence, Francis Lewis Law Center, Washington and Lee University, May 1985
• Partner at Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James, Harkavy & Lawrence, 1971-1991
• Instructor at Guilford College teaching Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Evidence, 1974-1977 (concurrent with law practice)
• Member 1977-1985 and Chair, 1978-85, North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Review Board (concurrent with law practice)
• Law Clerk to Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1969-1970
• Summer associate, Lewis Roca, Phoenix, AZ, summer 1968
• Mediator, Dispute Settlement Center
• Past board member, chair of the amicus committee, and Vice President for Legal Affairs, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Courses Taught at Guilford College:

• Criminal Law
• Evidence
• Selected constitutional topics concurrent with law practice.

Courses Teaching at Wake Forest:

• Constitutional Law I and II
• American Legal History (with an emphasis on civil liberties)
• Freedom of Speech and Press, and Agency

Practice:

• Civil Liberties, free speech, litigation under 42 USC sec. 1983
• Torts and products liability
• Criminal law
• Employment discrimination cases
• Selective service law
• Some environmental law in addition to a general trial practice

Awards & Honors:

• Named Donald L. Smith Professor of Constitutional and Public Law, Wake Forest University, 2002.
• Awards for Free Speech. See, Free Speech., 2000
• Joseph Branch Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999
• Student bar Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997
• Frank Porter Graham Award from the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union for achievement in defending and advancing civil liberties in North Carolina (based both on my pro-bono and scholarly work), 1985.

Professional Activities:

• Chair, Constitutional Law Section, Association of American Law Schools, 2001-2002. Member of Wake Forest University Senate; Executive Committee Member 2002
• Member, American Society for Legal History; Constitutional Law Section, AALS; North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Education:

M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1967

A.B., summa cum laude, University of the South, 1964
J.D., with honors, University of North Carolina, 1969
Chief Justice Walter Clark Award
Order of the Coif