Adrienne Johnson is an experienced attorney and trial advocacy instructor with a background in criminal law.  Most recently, she served as a Regional Director at The Bail Project, a national nonprofit focused on combating mass incarceration by disrupting the money bail system.  Prior to joining The Bail Project, Adrienne served as the Deputy Supervising Attorney at the Law Office of the Public Defender in DeKalb County, GA.  There she served as a trial and training attorney representing clients in all phases of criminal proceedings and regularly trained first year public defenders across the state of Georgia.

 

Adrienne is also an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law where she teaches trial advocacy to students interested in careers in public service.   

 

Adrienne received a B.A. from Furman University and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.