Nigel Johnson is an associate at Hecker Fink LLP.
Prior to joining the firm, Nigel served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, where he drafted bench memoranda, authored preliminary drafts of Memoranda Opinions and Judgments, and advised the Chief Judge on the implications of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
Nigel’s earlier experience spans both public service and consulting. At SKDK, a leading public affairs consulting firm, he prepared research memoranda to brief management ahead of client meetings and authored weekly media training materials. He also held an internship with the City Manager’s Office of the City of Port Sant Lucie, where he assisted in developing community planning initiatives and prepared City Council responses to citizen feedback.
Nigel received his J.D., cum laude, from Howard University School of Law, where he was the recipient of Howard's Merit Scholarship and the Washington Bar Association Educational Foundation's Charles Hamilton Houston Scholarship. At Howard, Nigel received the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Administrative Law, Movement Lawyering, Property, and Criminal Procedure, respectively. During law school, Nigel served as the Managing Editor for the Howard Law Journal, Volume 68. Nigel was also a student attorney in both the Movement Lawyering Clinic and Civil Rights Appellate Advocacy clinic where he helped to draft client memoranda and appellate briefs. Nigel received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Howard University.
Select Publications
- States of Servitude: Resurrecting the Forgotten Promise of the Fifteenth Amendment, 69 How. L.J. 133 (2025).