Bio

• Kristen Shively Johnson joined the Attorney General’s Office, Criminal Appeals Division, in July of 2019 as an Assistant Attorney General. She is a Jefferson City native who attended the University of Missouri-Columbia for both her undergraduate and juris doctor degrees. After graduating from law school in 2015, Kristen clerked for the Honorable Mary R. Russell of the Supreme Court of Missouri for two years, and then joined Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff, & Landwehr P.C. in Jefferson City, where she practiced as an associate in civil litigation.

Practice Areas

• Appellate Law
• Criminal Law
• Civil Litigation

Admitted to Practice

• Supreme Court of Missouri, 2015

Education

• University of Missouri School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2015, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Associate Editor of the Missouri Law Review
• University of Missouri-Columbia, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish, 2012, summa cum laude

Professional Affiliations

• Elwood L. Thomas American Inn of Court – Associate Member (2018-2020)
• Leadership Academy of The Missouri Bar – Member (2018-2019)
• Jefferson City Rotaract – Member and Local Service Chair (2017-2019)

Honors & Awards

• David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award, Missouri Bar Foundation