Lillian Johnson

Lillian Johnson is an attorney and civil justice advocate in Arizona. In 2011, Johnson was honored as an Obama White House Champion of Change.

Johnson is on the board of directors of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association. She is the executive director of Community Legal Services, the largest civil legal aid program in Arizona. Later she was the Assistant to the Regional Director in the 10-state Midwest office of the Legal Services Corporation. In 1982 she moved to Phoenix, Arizona to take the executive director position at Community Legal Services, the largest civil legal aid program in the state.