Adam Johnson (judge)

{{Short description|British judge}}

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| nationality = British

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| birth_place = Sheffield, England

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|10|04|df=yes}}

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| name = Mr Justice Adam Johnson

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| term_start = 01 October 2020

| office = Justice of the High Court

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| alma_mater = Churchill College, Cambridge

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Sir Adam Martin Johnson (born 4 October 1965){{Cite web |date=2020-12-01 |title=Johnson, Hon. Sir Adam (Martin), (born 4 Oct. 1965) |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-288652 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Who's Who (UK) |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u288652|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }} is a British High Court judge and a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=Mr Justice Adam Johnson appointed as a Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission - Judicial Appointments Commission |url=https://judicialappointments.gov.uk/previous-announcements/mr-justice-adam-johnson-appointed-as-a-commissioner-of-the-judicial-appointments-commission/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=judicialappointments.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}

Johnson was born in Sheffield, England and attended Beaver Hill Comprehensive. He attended Churchill College, Cambridge and graduated with a BA in 1987. He was the first in his family to attend university.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-02 |title=High Court Judges 2020 |url=https://judicialappointments.gov.uk/previous-announcements/high-court-judges-2020/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Judicial Appointments Commission}}

In 1990, Johnson was admitted as a solicitor and joined Herbert Smith Freehills where he specialised in commercial litigation.{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-09-04 |title=Herbert Smith Freehills Commercial Litigator Adam Johnson QC Appointed as Deputy High Court Judge |url=https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/news/herbert-smith-freehills-commercial-litigator-adam-johnson-qc-appointed-as-deputy-high-court |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Herbert Smith Freehills}} He was an associate from 1990 to 1997, then he was made partner in 1997. He took silk in 2017 and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2018.

On 2 October 2020, Johnson was appointed a judge of the High Court, replacing Sir Henry Carr who had died, and he was assigned to the Chancery Division.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-14 |title=High Court Appointments |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/high-court-appointments-2/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Judiciary UK}}{{Cite web |title=Senior Judiciary |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Judiciary UK}} He received the customary knighthood in the same year.

In 1996, he married Jennifer and together they have a son and two daughters.