Magistrate Judge Scott D. Johnson was sworn in as a full-time magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana on February 18, 2020. His legal career includes work as both a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney in the United States Marine Corps, ten years as a civil litigator in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller LLP, seven years in-house for a statewide trade association, and five years as General Counsel for the Louisiana Division of Administration. Judge Johnson is also a certified mediator and has provided training and oversight for a statewide alternative dispute resolution program. A 1993 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Judge Johnson also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Louisiana State University. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he currently resides with his wife, Karli Glascock Johnson. They are new empty nesters (except for Beckett the labradoodle), having recently released the last of four young adults into the wild.