About Eric
Licenses
Licensed in North Carolina for 21 years
State: North Carolina
Acquired: 2004
No misconduct found
Licensed in Colorado for 27 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 1998
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
1998
Order of Barristers, Tulane University
Work Experience
2015 - 2017
Founding Member, Johnson Knudson Law
2012 - 2015
Founder, Eric Johnson Law
2006 - 2012
Deputy District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney 1st J.D.
1999 - 2006
Senior Deputy District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney 17th J.D.
Associations
2013 - Present
Colorado Bar Association, Immigration Law CommitteeSecretary
2012 - 2016
American Immigration Lawyers Association (Colorado chapter)ICE liaison committee
Sample of Legal Cases
Petition for Review Granted. Mr. Sherpa granted asylum.
Education
1998
JD - Juris Doctor
1994
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2017
Crimmigration 101-Building Better Plea Bargains
2017
Crimmigration 101 for Prosecutors
2017
Motions to Suppress in Immigration Proceedings
2017
U-Visas: Everything Law Enforcement Needs to Know
2017
Intersection of Criminal and Immigration Laws: Criminal Prosecution in the Age of Padilla v Kentucky
2017
Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Waivers
2017
Motions to Withdraw Plea
2017
Plea Bargaining in the Age of Padilla
2015
2015
Rules of Evidence and Judicial Process
2013
Where Criminal and Immigration Laws Meet
2013
Crimmigration 101-Building Better Plea Bargains
2012
Rules of Evidence for Practitioners
N/A
Other Transactions Evidence, Rule 404(b)
N/A
Rules of Evidence
N/A
Evidentiary Foundations
N/A
Constitutional Law
Languages
Spanish
English
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
My my husband named Jordan Ellsworth is on the sex offender list and I want to know if there's anyway?
06 Jan 2019
Can an employee on H1B with employer Company X, receive stock/equity of Company X as compensation for work? ?
27 Oct 2018
Can i apply for citizenship now ?
02 Feb 2018