Lillian Johnson
Lillian Johnson is an attorney and civil justice advocate in Arizona. She grew up in Oklahoma and attended Howard University. She earned her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1975 and began her career as a staff attorney at the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago. She later worked as Assistant to the Regional Director in the 10-state Midwest office of the Legal Services Corporation. In 1982 she moved to Phoenix to become the executive director of Community Legal Services, the largest civil legal aid program in Arizona, where she continues to lead. Johnson serves on the board of directors of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association.
She met Robert Wright, a community advocate, while in law school and they married. Her work has been recognized with several awards, including the Charles Dorsey Award from NLADA in 1997; the White House Champion of Change in 2011; and the William E. Morris Institute for Justice Hero Award for Access to Justice in 2014.
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