Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law

Emory Law’s Kristin N. Johnson, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve a three-year term as a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Digital lenders that partner with banks to offer consumers high-cost loans may be at risk of a crackdown under President Joe Biden's administration. Prof. Kristin Johnson, a law professor at Emory University, cautioned without adequate consumer protections, lenders can engage in a "race to the bottom" on loan standards and ultimately expose the entire financial system to risk.

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions requested testimony from Emory Law Asa Griggs Professor of Law Kristin Johnson, in the virtual hearing "Banking Innovation or Regulatory Evasion? Exploring Trends in Financial Institution Charters."

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions requested testimony from Emory Law Asa Griggs Professor of Law Kristin Johnson, in the virtual hearing "Banking Innovation or Regulatory Evasion? Exploring Trends in Financial Institution Charters."

Emory Law Professor Kristin Johnson joined former Commodity Futures Trading Commission General Counsel Patrick McCarty and Columbia University's Josh Mitts to talk about fairness, hedge funds and social media in the context of the recent fluctuations of GameStop stock. Listen on Roll Call's FinTech Beat podcast.

Emory University School of Law welcomes Kristin Johnson to the faculty beginning in January 2021. Johnson comes to Emory Law from Tulane University Law School where she is the McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law, associate dean for faculty research, an affiliate of the Murphy Institute for Political Economy, and the Gordon Gamm Faculty Scholar.