Denise johnson biography

American judge

Denise Reinka Johnson (born July 13, ) is a Vermont attorney and judge. She was an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from to , and was the first woman to serve on this court.

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One of Johnson's most significant moments was her opinion in Baker v. Vermont in which a majority of the Supreme Court of Vermont ruled the state must establish civil unions for same sex couples. Johnson dissented, arguing that the court should have granted the plaintiffs marriage licenses instead.

Biography

Denise Reinka Johnson was born in Wyandotte, Michigan on July 13, , the daughter of William and Irene Reinka. She graduated from Wyandotte’s Theodore Roosevelt High School in , and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Wayne State University in ^[1] She received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in and was admitted to the bar in Connecticut.^[2]

From to Johnson practiced in New Hav