Johanna E. Smith is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Houston office.  She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Litigation practice groups.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Smith served as a law clerk to The Honorable Roger L. Wollman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Ms. Smith earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where she served as Executive Notes Editor for the Journal of Law & Policy, worked as a research assistant to Professor John D. Inazu, and graduated magna cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif.  She received her Bachelor of Arts in Government from Patrick Henry College, graduating summa cum laude with highest honors.