Carolyn Johnson

Carolyn Johnson, JD

Carolyn Johnson has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney and educator. She currently serves as a professor and department chair at Stevenson University managing faculty and delivering courses in legal studies and criminal justice. She is also Attorney of Counsel for the Bank of Glen Burnie handling regulatory and fiduciary matters.

Ms. Johnson began her career as a prosecutor. She first served as an Assistant State's Attorney for the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore and then as a Senior Assistant State Prosecutor for the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor. In these roles Ms. Johnson prosecuted the full range of misdemeanor and felony complaints through bench and jury trials, as well as post-conviction hearings.

In her free time, Carolyn is an avid runner, animal rescuer (3 dogs and 4 cats) and mom to two teenagers. She is married to a police officer of 30 years and is a lifelong vegetarian (since birth).