Biography: The Honorable Margaret Jones-Johnson

Biography: The Honorable Margaret Jones-Johnson

Presiding Judge of Dallas County Probate Court No. 3

Education:

J.D. Texas A&M University formerly known as Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

  • Tarrant County Black Bar Scholarship recipient

B.A. Radio Television and Film, Minor Marketing, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Prior Professional Experience: (1996-2015)

Law Office of Margaret Jones-Johnson, PC– Civil practice in areas of probate, personal injury, sports and entertainment, cemetery; criminal – adult and juvenile

Mentor, SMU Child Advocacy Clinic

Judge, Mock Trial Competition

Volunteer, Legal Services of North Texas and DVAP Will Clinics

DBA Committees – Sports and Entertainment and Juvenile Justice Counsel, Black Athlete.com

Law Clerk to the Hon. Lamar McCorkel 133rd Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas

Dallas County Mental Health Public Defender

Memberships:

United States Supreme Court Bar, United States Northern District of Texas, State Bar of Texas, Fellow Dallas Bar Foundation, Dallas Bar Association, J.L. Turner Legal Society, Texas Center for the Judiciary, National College of Probate Judges, Texas College of Probate Judges, and National Alliance on Mental Illness