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SAN DIEGO (July 24, 2024) - Congratulations to University of San Diego (USD) School of Law alumnus Erik T. Johnson ’11 (JD) for receiving the Labor and Employment Law Pro Bono Achievement Award from the California Lawyers Association. The award recognizes the many hours of service Johnson has provided to the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program’s Microbusiness and Nonprofit Support Program.
Johnson, senior counsel at Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, is a member of the firm’s Employment Law and Class Action practice groups. He has spent his legal career advising and defending employers ranging from family businesses to multinational companies on a variety of labor and management matters, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, unfair competition, and wage and hour claims.
According to the article, he has helped nonprofit organizations with vital services such as housing, food security, and education, and has assisted low-income entrepreneurs with their employment law questions. Johnson said, “I always want to have an open pro-bono matter, in some way, shape, or form.”
Prior to law school, he was an elementary school teacher in Harlem through the New York City Teaching Fellows program. He credits that experience as the start to his path in law school. While at USD School of Law, he served as a Member and Lead Articles Editor of the San Diego Law Review.
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