Professor Christian A Johnson

Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)

Widener University Commonwealth Law School, United States

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Experience

  • Law Professor (Loyola Chicago Law School (1995 - 2008, Utah Law School 2008 - 2015, London Law Consortium (2011), Widener Law School (2015 - )
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Academic Consultant), Washington, DC (2023 - 2025)
  • Member of P.R.I.M.E. Finance Panel of Experts, London (2025 - )
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    Senior Fellow (June 2008, June 2010, July 2011, June 2019, July 2023)
  • Instructor/Trainer on Capital Markets and Regulation (2005 - )
  • Consultant on Capital Markets Documentation and Banking Regulation (1995 - 2015)
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Consultant), Chicago, IL (2004 - 2006)

Memberships and affiliations

Boards and committees

  • Co-Editor-in-Chief (with Kammel and Booysen), International Banking and Securities Law (2015 - )
  • Council of Advisors & Finance Committee Member, US Army Heritage Center Foundation (2019 - )
  • Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Subcommittee, New York City Committee on Futures and Derivatives Regulation (2021 - )
  • Editorial Board Member – Futures and Derivatives Law Report (2022 - )
  • Co-Chair, Cryptocurrency and Technology Subcommittee, New York City Committee on Futures and Derivatives Regulation (2018 - 2020)
  • Board Member, Mid Penn Legal Services (2018 - 2020)
  • Chair of Veterans Legal Issues, Pennsylvania Lt Governor’s Task Force on Veterans (2016 - 2018)
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Insolvency and Related Issues (Committee on Derivatives and Futures Law – ABA Business Law Section) (2009 - 2015)
  • ABA Committee: Graduate Legal Education Committee (2002 - 2005)
  • Loyola Antitrust Law Center Advisory Board (2002 - 2008)
  • International Board Member, J Reuben Clark Law Society (1999 - 2006)

Bar admissions, licenses and professional associations

  • Admitted to New York, Illinois (inactive), and Nevada (inactive) state bars
  • Certified Public Accountant – Texas (inactive)
  • American Bar Association & Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Texas Society of CPAs
  • American Institute of CPAs

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Teaching (2026)

Melbourne Law Masters