Judge Faith Johnson was appointed to the Oversight Committee by Governor Rick Perry May 6, 2009.  Judge Johnson is recognized as a trailblazer in the legal field and brings that experience to her service on the Oversight Committee.  In 1989, Judge Johnson became the first African-American woman to be appointed to the position of State Criminal District Court Judge in Texas.  Prior to her appointment, she was the first African-American woman to attain the highly regarded status of Chief Felony Prosecutor in the Dallas County District Attorney's Office.  For her efforts, she was awarded the Trailblazer Award from the South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club in 1990.

Judge Johnson is from Atlanta, Georgia and is the youngest of 13 children. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Master of Education in Community Counseling from Georgia State University in Atlanta and her law degree from Texas Southern University.  She has held positions as a psychological counselor in addition to assistant district attorney before being appointed to the bench in 1989. She was instrumental in developing the child abuse unit in the district attorney’s office prior to becoming the Chief Prosecutor.

Judge Johnson is now in private practice in Dallas and resides in DeSoto.